New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 6 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE HARM REDUCTION/SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM › Section 7.4.6.9 - HARM REDUCTION PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The HRP shall maintain regular and
				consistent hours of service to ensure participant engagement.
B. The HRP may cancel a harm reduction
				session in the event of unforeseen circumstances which may impact service
				delivery such as lack of staffing, severe weather, threats or acts of violence,
				or other unforeseen emergencies which may create an unsafe
				environment.
C. The HRP must make
				available educational materials related to improving the health of individuals
				who use substances including information on substance use treatment, disease
				transmission and prevention, and overdose prevention strategies.
D. The HRP must notify the hepatitis and harm
				reduction program within 72 hours of any concerns or complaints received by
				community members about the HRP.
E.
				The HRP must have at least two staff members or volunteers present, or within
				voice or a direct line-of-sight visual signal range, or one staff member
				present and one staff member or volunteer able to communicate in real-time via
				telephone, radio, internet or other means at all times during harm reduction
				sessions. Staff members and volunteers may not be impaired during harm
				reduction sessions.
F. All harm
				reduction specialists shall be fully vaccinated against viral hepatitis or
				other transmissible disease in accordance with centers for disease control and
				prevention and department guidelines.
G. Staff and volunteers shall follow these
				regulations and the United States department of labor occupational safety and
				health administration standards and hepatitis and harm reduction program
				guidelines with regard to the proper handling and legal disposal of
				biohazardous material.
H. The HRP
				must record harm reduction activities conducted utilizingtheforms approved by
				the hepatitis and harm reduction program and submit the forms to the hepatitis
				and harm reduction program.
I. The
				HRP must develop and maintain an accidental needle stick protocol. If a person
				experiences a needle stick accident, the HRP accidental needle stick protocol
				should be followed.
J. The HRP must
				report all unexpected harm reduction session cancellations, needle stick
				accidents, violent acts, incidents involving law enforcement agents, and
				arrests of participants or staff during a harm reduction session within 24
				hours of the incident via email or phone.
K. The HRP must cooperate with the department
				in data collection, site visits and inspections, quality assurance, and other
				efforts to evaluate harm reduction activities.
(1) The HRP must keep all forms used to
				record and report activities either electronically or in hard copy for three
				years.
(2) All HRP must provide the
				harm reduction program with the with forms used to record and report activities
				monthly in a format determine by the hepatitis and harm reduction
				program.