New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS › Part 18 - REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES PROVIDING OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INFIRMARIES › Section 8.370.18.9 - TYPES OF FACILITIES AND SCOPE OF SERVICES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Ambulatory surgical center: means any
				distinct entity that operates exclusively for the purpose of providing surgical
				services without anticipation of overnight stay of patients. This type of
				facility may be integrated with the surgical department of an existing hospital
				and its outpatient department utilizing many of their services and resources.
				Those facilities which are freestanding may provide some services such as
				specialized diagnostic and laboratory by agreement or contract with another
				health care provider.
B. Diagnostic
				and treatment center: means a facility which provides a service to the public
				on an outpatient basis for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
				not requiring hospitalization. Services provided are those diagnostic and
				therapeutic services commonly furnished in a physician's office or at the entry
				point into the health care delivery system. These include medical history,
				physical examination, assessment of health status and treatment for a variety
				of medical conditions.
C. Limited
				diagnostic and treatment center: means a facility which provides on an
				outpatient basis a limited scope of services. This type of facility provides
				services usually in only one or two areas of preventive health, such as family
				planning, hypertension, child health, prenatal, dental health etc; their
				services rely heavily on consultation, referral and counseling. Because of
				their limited scope of services and amounts of medical supplies and equipment
				less stringent standards in building and fire codes are permitted.
D. Rural health clinic: means a facility
				which provides services to the public in a rural area where there is a limited
				population and a shortage of physicians and other health care providers.
				Services are the same as those of a diagnostic and treatment center which are
				normally provided by a physician, but in a rural health clinic may be provided
				by a nurse practitioner or a physician's assistant. Facilities licensed as a
				rural health clinic must be located in a geographic area in which it has been
				determined by the New Mexico health care authority or federal government,
				through the use of indices and other standards set by them, that a shortage of
				physicians and health care personnel exist to provide primary health care to
				the citizens of that area.
E.
				Infirmary: is a short term emergency medical and nursing care facility of an
				educational institution which in conjunction with providing diagnostic and
				treatment services to the members, has on a continuing 24-hour basis, inpatient
				facilities and resources for short-term emergency medical and nursing
				care.
F. New or innovative clinic:
				When a professional organization has shown a need for a new or innovative type
				of outpatient service which does not fit into one of the categories of
				Subsections A through E of 8.370.18.9 NMAC of these regulations, it may be
				licensed at the sole discretion of the licensing authority, if all requirements
				outlined in 8.370.18.10 NMAC below have been met.