New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 320 - EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (EPSDT) SERVICES › Part 6 - SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES FOR MAP ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE › Section 8.320.6.11 - ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Upon
				approval of a New Mexico MAD PPA by MAD or its designee, local education
				agencies (LEAs), regional educational cooperatives (RECs), and other
				state-funded educational agencies (SFEAs) that meet specified requirements are
				eligible to be reimbursed for furnishing services to an eligible recipient. The
				LEA, REC, or other SFEA must enter into a governmental services agreement (GSA)
				with HSD and abide by the terms and conditions of it.
B. The following individual service providers
				must be employed by, or under contract to, the LEA, REC, or other SFEA when
				furnishing treatment and meet other specified qualification criteria:
(1) physical therapists (PT);
(2) physical therapy assistants working under
				the supervision of a MAD enrolled PT;
(3) occupational therapists (OT);
(4) occupational therapy assistants working
				under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed occupational
				therapist;
(5) speech and language
				pathologists (SLP) and clinical fellows;
(6) apprentices in speech-language (ASL)
				working under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed speech therapist;
				supervision for those providers listed in Paragraphs (1)-(6) above must adhere
				to the requirements of the practitioner's applicable licensing board;
(7) audiologists;
(8) licensed nutritionists or registered
				dieticians;
(9) case managers
				meeting one of the following requirements:
(a)
				bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, nursing or a related
				health or social services field from an accredited institution;
(b) one year experience serving
				medically-at-risk children or adolescents; or
(c) a licensed registered (RN).
(10) psychologists meeting one of
				the following requirements:
(a) psychologists
				(Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.); or
(b)
				master's level practitioners licensed by the New Mexico psychologist examiners
				board as psychologist associates or licensed by PED as school psychologists and
				working under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed psychiatrist or a
				licensed psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.) or a PED level 3 independent
				school psychologist, as applicable;
(c) supervision of psychologist associates
				and school psychologists must adhere to the requirements of the practitioner's
				applicable licensing board.
(11) social work practitioners meeting one of
				the following requirements:
(a) licensed
				independent social worker (LISW); or
(b) licensed master social worker (LMSW) or
				licensed baccalaureate social worker (LBSW) and working under the supervision
				of a MAD enrolled licensed independent social worker (LISW) or licensed
				psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D., Ed.D.) or other supervisor approved by the New
				Mexico board of social work examiners;
(i)
				services provided by licensed master social workers (LMSW) and licensed
				baccalaureate social workers (LBSW) must be within the scope of their practice
				respectively and supervised and periodically evaluated;
(ii) an eligible recipient receiving services
				from an LMSW or LBSW must be diagnosed by the practitioner's supervisor; the
				diagnosis must be documented in the MAP eligible recipient's record with the
				signature of the supervisor.
(12) licensed counselors or therapists
				meeting one of the following requirements:
(a)
				licensed professional clinical mental health counselor (LPCC); or
(b) licensed marriage and family therapist
				(LMFT); or
(c) licensed mental
				health counselor (LMHC) or licensed professional mental health counselor (LPC)
				and working under the supervision of a MAD enrolled licensed psychiatrist, a
				licensed psychologist (Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.), licensed professional clinical
				mental health counselor (LPCC), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT),
				or licensed independent social worker (LISW);
(i) supervision of licensed mental health
				counselors (LMHC) and licensed professional mental health counselors (LPC) must
				adhere to the requirements of the practitioner's applicable licensing
				board;
(ii) an eligible recipient
				receiving services from a LMHC or LPC must be diagnosed by the practitioner's
				supervisor; the diagnosis must be documented in the eligible recipient's record
				with the signature of the supervisor.
(d) licensed associate marriage and family
				therapist (LAMFT); supervision of LAMFTs must adhere to the requirements of the
				practitioner's applicable licensing board;
(13) licensed psychiatric clinical nurse
				specialist (CNS);
(14) physicians
				and psychiatrists licensed by the board of medical examiners; or
(15) registered nurse (RN), licensed
				practical nurse (LPN) or unlicensed school personnel providing delegated
				nursing services in accordance with the New Mexico board of nursing under the
				supervision of a RN. Delegated nursing services must be delivered in accordance
				with Subsection B of
				16.12.2.12
				NMAC.