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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 11 - SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section 7.27.11.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These rules are promulgated pursuant to the following
				  statutory authorities:
1) the New
				Mexico Department of Health Act, Subsection E of Section
				9-7-6
				NMSA 1978, which authorizes the secretary of the department of health to "make
				and adopt such reasonable and procedural rules and regulations as may be
				necessary to carry out the duties of the department and its divisions," and;
2) the Emergency Medical Services
				Act, NMSA 1978, Section
				24-10B-4 ("bureau;
				duties").
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 11 - SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section 7.27.11.6 - OBJECTIVE

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These rules are intended to supplement the emergency medical
				  services licensure requirements for emergency medical services personnel, to
				  provide supplemental and additional standards for the licensure of emergency
				  medical dispatchers, emergency medical dispatch-instructors, emergency medical
				  services first responders and emergency medical technicians, and to assist in
				  the provision of a comprehensive system of emergency medical services in the
				  state of New Mexico.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 11 - SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section 7.27.11.8 - SCOPES OF PRACTICE FOR LICENSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL

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A. Medical director
				means a physician functioning as the service EMS medical director as defined
				and described in 7.27.3 NMAC, medical direction for emergency medical services.
				Medical control means supervision provided by or under the direction of a
				physician.
B. Prior to approving a
				new skill, technique, medication, or procedure, it shall be documented by the
				service director, medical director, or approved EMS training institution that
				the EMS provider has been appropriately trained to perform those new skills,
				techniques, medications, or procedures.
C. Service medical director approved: All
				service medical director approved skills, techniques, medications, or
				procedures are considered advanced life support. Prior to utilizing any skill,
				technique, medication or procedure designated as service medical director
				approved, it shall be documented by the service director, medical director, or
				approved EMS training institution that the EMS provider has been appropriately
				trained to administer the medications or perform the skills, techniques,
				medications or procedures. Additionally, each EMS provider must have a signed
				authorization from the service's medical director on file at the EMS service's
				headquarters or administrative offices.
D. Any device in an EMS agency's treatment
				guideline/protocol designed and utilized to facilitate successful completion of
				a skill or other treatment modality, including but not limited to
				cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) devices, intraosseous placement devices,
				and positive pressure ventilation devices, must be approved by the service
				medical director.
E.
Wilderness protocols:
The following skills shall only be used by
				providers who have a current wilderness certification from a bureau approved
				wilderness caregiver course, who are functioning in a wilderness environment as
				a wilderness provider (an environment in which time to a hospital is expected
				to exceed two hours, except in the case of an anaphylactic reaction, in which
				no minimum transport time is required), and are authorized by their medical
				director to provide the treatment:
(1) minor
				wound cleaning and management;
(2)
				cessation of CPR;
(3) field
				clearance of the cervical-spine;
(4) reduction of dislocations resulting from
				indirect force of the patella, digit, and anterior shoulder.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 11 - SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section 7.27.11.9 - APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAMS

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"Approved emergency medical services training program" means
				  a New Mexico emergency medical services training program that is sponsored by a
				  post-secondary educational institution, is accredited by a bureau approved
				  national accrediting organization for emergency medical services or active in
				  the accreditation process, and is approved by the joint organization on
				  education (JOE) and participates in the joint organization on education.
				  Currently, there are six approved EMS training programs.
A.
Emergency medical services
				academy.
University of New Mexico, (700 Camino De Salud NE.,
				Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, Tel: 505-272-5757). The EMS academy is
				designated as the lead training agency for providers in New Mexico as stated in
				Section
				24-10B-12 NMSA
				1978. The EMS academy teaches formal EMS education courses including EMS first
				responder, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, and EMT-paramedic.
B.
Dona Ana community college.
New Mexico state university, (Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-000 1,Tel:
				505-527-7530). Dona Ana community college teaches formal EMS education courses
				including EMS first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, and
				EMT-paramedic.
C.
Eastern New
				Mexico university.
EMS program, (Box 6000, Roswell, NM 88202-6000, Tel:
				505- 624-7000). The eastern New Mexico university teaches formal EMS education
				courses including EMS first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, and
				EMT-paramedic.
D.
Central New
				Mexico community college.
EMS program, (525 Buena Vista Rd. SE,
				Albuquerque, NM 87106, Tel: 505-224-4000). Central New Mexico community college
				teaches formal EMS education courses including EMS first responder, EMT-basic,
				EMT-intermediate, and EMT-paramedic.
E.
San Juan college EMS program
.
				(4601 College Blvd; Farmington, NM 87402; 505-566-3857). San Juan College
				conducts formal EMS education courses including EMS first responder, EMT-basic,
				EMT-intermediate, and EMT-paramedic.
F.
Santa Fe community college.
EMS Program, (6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508, 505-428-1820) SFCC
				conducts formal EMS education courses including EMS first responder, EMT-basic,
				EMT-intermediate, and EMT-paramedic.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 11 - SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section 7.27.11.11 - EMS PERSONNEL JOB DESCRIPTIONS

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A.
Introduction:
The bureau is
				providing the following general position description for the New Mexico EMS
				provider positions for first responder, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, and
				EMT-paramedic. It is the ultimate responsibility of an employer to define
				specific job descriptions within each EMS service.
B.
Qualifications:
(1) successfully complete a recognized
				training course from an approved EMS training institution;
(2) possess a valid course completion
				certificate, and accomplish all state licensure examination application
				requirements;
(3) additionally,
				applicants shall meet all established requirements for initial licensing as
				identified by the current EMS licensure regulations;
(4) a copy of these regulations is available
				through the EMS bureau;
(5)
				generally, the knowledge and skills required demonstrate the need for a high
				school education or equivalent;
(6)
				ability to communicate verbally; via telephone and radio equipment;
(7) ability to lift, carry, and balance up to
				125 pounds (250 pounds with assistance);
(8) ability to interpret written, oral, and
				diagnostic form instructions;
(9)
				ability to use good judgment and to remain calm in high-stress
				situations;
(10) ability to work
				effectively in an environment with loud noises and flashing lights;
(11) ability to function efficiently
				throughout an entire work shift;
(12) ability to calculate weight and volume
				ratios and read small English print, both under life threatening time
				constraints;
(13) ability to read
				and understand English language manuals and road maps;
(14) accurately discern street signs and
				address numbers;
(15) ability to
				interview patient, family members, and bystanders;
(16) ability to document, in writing, all
				relevant information in a prescribed format;
(17) ability to converse orally and in
				written form in English with coworkers and hospital staff as to status of
				patient;
(18) good manual
				dexterity, with ability to perform all tasks related to the highest quality of
				patient care;
(19) ability to
				assume a variety of postural positions to carry out emergency and non-emergency
				patient care, including light extrication; from crawling, kneeling, squatting,
				twisting, turning, bending, to climbing stairs and ladders, and the ability to
				withstand varied environmental conditions such as extreme heat, cold, and
				moisture; and
(20) ability to work
				in low light, confined spaces and other dangerous environments.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 11 - SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section 7.27.11.12 - COVID-19 public health emergency; approved deviations from EMS rules

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On March 11, 2020, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan
				  Grisham issued executive order 2020-004 pursuant to the Public Health Emergency
				  Response Act, Subsection A of Section
				  12-10A-5,
				  NMSA 1978, declaring a state of public health emergency concerning the spread
				  of the novel coronavirus disease named COVID-19. In accord with
				  7.27.11.2 NMAC, the
				  department of health finds that this public health emergency stresses the
				  emergency medical services system and disrupts delivery of medical services.
				  Consistent with the authority of the emergency medical systems bureau pursuant
				  to the Emergency Medical Services System Act at Section
				  24-10B-1
				  through -13, NMSA 1978, the department hereby authorizes deviations from the
				  department's emergency medical services rules, found in New Mexico
				  Administrative Code, Title 7, Chapter 27 ("EMS rule"), during the pendency of
				  the COVID-19 public health emergency, including but not limited to deviations
				  from the emergency medical technician scopes of practice, as permitted
				  herein.
A.
Procedure:
A
				person who wishes to request a deviation from an EMS rule of the department of
				health shall contact the EMS bureau and shall provide:
(1) the department EMS rule at
				issue;
(2) factual information
				relevant to the requested deviation; and
(3) such additional information as the bureau
				may request.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response
				  Division, Emergency Medical Systems Bureau.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.2 - SCOPE

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These rules apply to New Mexico acute care hospitals that
				  seek to be accredited or become accredited as a STEMI receiving or referring
				  center by the society of cardiovascular patient care or another nationally
				  recognized and Department of Health approved organization that provides such
				  accreditation.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These rules are promulgated pursuant to the following
				  statutory authorities:
1) the New
				Mexico Department of Health Act, Subsection E of NMSA 1978, Section
				9-7-6,
				which authorizes the secretary of the department of health to "make and adopt
				such reasonable and procedural rules and regulations as may be necessary to
				carry out the duties of the department and its divisions," and
2) the Emergency Medical Services Act, NMSA
				1978, Section
				24-10B-4
				("Certification of STEMI receiving and referring centers").
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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August 15, 2014, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.6 - OBJECTIVE

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These rules are intended to establish the requirements
				  necessary for acute care hospitals to be certified as STEMI receiving or
				  referring centers. Additionally, the rule intends to identify incentives for
				  participation in a STEMI registry, as well as assist and encourage STEMI
				  receiving centers to enter into coordinated care agreements with STEMI
				  referring centers and other health care facilities throughout the state to
				  provide appropriate access to care for acute heart attack
				  patients.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.7 - DEFINITIONS

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Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
				  context, the following words and phrases used in these regulations shall have
				  the meanings indicated.
A.
"Accredited"
means a process of validation by an organization recognized
				by the department.
B.
"Acute
				care hospital"
means a facility with an emergency department and
				physicians(s) available, licensed under state statute, or a comparable facility
				operated by the federal government or located and licensed by another
				state.
C.
"Bureau"
means the EMS bureau of the epidemiology and response division of the
				department of health.
D.
"Certified"
means a formal determination by the department that an acute
				care facility has met the standards necessary for national accreditation,
				including functioning in a STEMI and other heart attack care system, and
				capable of providing special resources and care as a STEMI receiving or STEMI
				referring center.
E.
"Department"
means the New Mexico department of health.
F.
"Recognized"
means written
				acknowledgement by the bureau.
G.
"Registry"
means a bureau approved database which documents and
				integrates medical and system information related to the provision of STEMI and
				other heart attack care by acute care hospital facilities.
H.
"STEMI"
means ST segment
				elevation myocardial infarction, a common type of heart attack caused by a
				blocked artery that supplies blood to the heart muscle.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.8 - STEMI AND OTHER HEART ATTACK REGISTRY

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A.
Funding for data submission:
The department will, depending on availability of funds and based on guidelines
				approved by the department and administered by the bureau, provide limited
				financial assistance to acute care hospitals providing STEMI and other heart
				attack care data to the approved registry data platform, and allowing
				department access to that data. This funding is provided to defray licensing
				costs associated with the submission of data to the approved data platform.
				Participation in data submission to the registry is required to be eligible for
				funds. Acute care hospitals designated or seeking designation as STEMI
				receiving or referring centers must report data to the department approved data
				platform that is consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the
				treatment of individuals with confirmed STEMI or other heart attack.
B.
Data platform:
The
				department of health shall approve a single data platform, to which data is
				submitted by each hospital, and maintain a statewide STEMI heart attack
				database that compiles information and statistics on heart attack care through
				this data platform.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.9 - STEMI RECEIVING OR REFERRING CENTER CERTIFICATION

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The department shall certify an acute care hospital as a
				  STEMI receiving center or STEMI referring center if that hospital has been
				  accredited as a STEMI receiving center or STEMI referring center by the society
				  of cardiovascular patient care or another nationally recognized organization
				  approved by the department of health that provides STEMI receiving or referring
				  accreditation. The department shall post information regarding certification on
				  the department's web site. If a hospital loses its national accreditation as a
				  STEMI receiving center or STEMI referring center, the secretary shall revoke
				  the hospital's certification.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 12 - CERTIFICATION OF S-T SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) RECEIVING AND REFERRING CENTERS › Section 7.27.12.10 - STEMI HEART ATTACK SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT

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To every extent possible, the department of health
				  will:
A. Facilitate the communication
				and analysis of information and data between the department, acute care
				hospitals, emergency medical services, and other care providers regarding ways
				to improve the quality of care for heart attack patients.
B. Establish a STEMI and heart attack data
				oversight process, and implement a plan for continuous quality improvement in
				the quality of care provided to heart attack patients statewide based on STEMI
				and other data sources, which will include:
(1) analyzing data generated by the registry
				on STEMI heart attack response and treatment;
(2) identifying potential interventions to
				improve STEMI heart attack care in the prehospital and acute care hospital
				settings throughout the state, and based on guidelines approved by the
				department and administered by the bureau, provide limited financial assistance
				depending on availability of funds; and
(3) assuring that data reported under section
				7.27.12.8 NMAC shall be made available to requesting entities that have
				responsibility for the management and administration of services that provide
				prehospital and acute hospital care of heart attack patients.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), Epidemiology and
				  Response Division (ERD), Emergency Medical Systems Bureau
				  (EMSB).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.2 - SCOPE

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These rules apply to New Mexico acute care hospitals that
				  seek to be accredited or become accredited as an acute stroke capable center,
				  primary stroke center, or comprehensive stroke center by the joint commission
				  or another nationally recognized accrediting body.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These rules are promulgated pursuant to the following
				  statutory authorities:
1) the New
				Mexico Department of Health Act, Subsection E of Section
				9-7-6
				NMSA 1978, which authorizes the secretary of the department of health to "make
				and adopt such reasonable and procedural rules and regulations as may be
				necessary to carry out the duties of the department and its divisions," and;
2) the Public Health Act, Section
				24-1-34
				NMSA 1978 ("primary stroke centers; comprehensive stroke centers; acute stroke
				capable centers; department certification; rulemaking").
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.6 - OBJECTIVE

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These rules are intended to establish the requirements
				  necessary for acute care hospitals to be certified by the department as an
				  acute stroke capable center, primary stroke center, or comprehensive stroke
				  center. Additionally, the rule intends to identify incentives for participation
				  in a stroke registry, as well as assist and encourage stroke centers to enter
				  into coordinated care agreements with other health care facilities throughout
				  the state to provide appropriate access to care for stroke
				  patients.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.7 - DEFINITIONS

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Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
				  context, the following words and phrases used in these regulations shall have
				  the meanings indicated.
A.
"Accredited"
means a process of validation by the joint commission
				or any other nationally recognized accrediting body recognized by the
				department.
B.
"Accrediting
				body"
means an independent, not-for-profit entity, recognized nationally
				and by the DOH, that evaluates hospitals for, and addresses crucial elements
				in, operations regarding patient care and related aspects.
C.
"Acute care hospital"
means a
				facility with an emergency department and physicians(s) available, licensed
				under state statute, or a comparable facility operated by the federal
				government or located and licensed by another state.
D.
"Bureau"
means the emergency
				medical systems bureau of the epidemiology and response division of the New
				Mexico department of health.
E.
"Certified"
means a formal determination by the department that an
				acute care facility has met the standards necessary for joint commission or any
				other nationally recognized accrediting body accreditation, including
				functioning in a stroke care system, and capable of providing special resources
				and care as an acute stroke capable, primary, or comprehensive
				center.
F.
"Department
				(DOH)"
means the New Mexico department of health.
G.
"Emergency Medical Service
				(EMS)"
means the services rendered by licensed emergency medical
				technicians, emergency medical services first responders or emergency medical
				dispatchers in response to a person's need for immediate medical care to
				prevent loss of life or aggravation of physical or psychological illness or
				injury.
H.
"Recognized"
means written acknowledgement by the
				bureau.
I.
"Registry"
means a bureau approved database which documents and integrates medical and
				system information related to the provision of stroke care by acute care
				hospital facilities.
J.
"Stroke"
is a term that broadly describes the death of central
				nervous system cells and tissues attributed to an insufficient supply of blood
				to the central nervous system. It includes conditions caused by ischemic
				stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
K.
"Stroke center"
means an
				acute care hospital with a group of medical caregivers that have specific
				education and resources to diagnose and treat stroke; three levels of stroke
				centers - acute stroke capable, primary, and comprehensive - are accredited by
				the joint commission or any other nationally recognized accrediting body based
				on the capability of stroke care by the acute care hospital.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.8 - STROKE REGISTRY

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A.
Funding for data submission:
(1)
				The department shall, depending on availability of funds and based on
				guidelines approved by the department and administered by the bureau, provide
				limited financial assistance to acute care hospitals providing stroke data to
				the approved registry data platform, and allowing department access to that
				data. This funding is provided to defray licensing costs associated with the
				submission of data to the approved data platform. Participation in data
				submission to the registry is required to be eligible for funds.
(2) Acute care hospitals designated or
				seeking designation as acute stroke capable, primary, or comprehensive centers
				must report data to the department approved data platform that is consistent
				with nationally recognized guidelines on the treatment of individuals with
				confirmed stroke.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.9 - ACUTE STROKE CAPABLE, PRIMARY, OR COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION

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The department shall certify an acute care hospital as a
				  primary stroke center, comprehensive stroke center, or acute stroke capable
				  center if that hospital has been accredited as an acute stroke capable center,
				  primary stroke center, or comprehensive stroke center. The department shall
				  post information regarding certification on the department's web site. If a
				  hospital loses its national accreditation as a stroke center, the secretary
				  shall revoke the hospital's certification.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 27 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › Part 13 - CERTIFICATION OF STROKE CENTERS › Section 7.27.13.10 - STROKE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT

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To every extent possible, the department of health emergency
				  medical systems bureau will:
A.
				Facilitate the communication and analysis of information and data between the
				department, acute care hospitals, emergency medical services, and other care
				providers regarding ways to improve the quality of care for stroke
				patients.
B. Establish a stroke
				data oversight process, and implement a plan for continuous quality improvement
				in the quality of care provided to stroke patients statewide based on stroke
				and other data sources. This will include:
(1)
				analyzing data generated by the registry on stroke response and
				treatment;
(2) identifying
				potential interventions to improve stroke care in the prehospital and acute
				care hospital settings throughout the state, and based on guidelines approved
				by the department and administered by the bureau, provide limited financial
				assistance depending on availability of funds;
(3) assuring that data reported under Section
				7.27.13.8 NMAC
				shall be made available to requesting entities that have responsibility for the
				management and administration of services that provide prehospital and acute
				hospital care of stroke patients.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 28 - HOME HEALTH SERVICES › Part 2 › Section 7.28.2.5

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Compiler's note: The words or paragraph, above, are no
					 longer applicable. Later dates are now cited only at the end of sections, in
					 the history notes appearing in brackets.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These regulations are promulgated pursuant to the following
				  statutory authority:
A. the Department
				of Health Act, Section
				9-7-6
				E NMSA 1978, which authorizes the secretary of the department of health to
				"...make and adopt such reasonable and procedural rules and regulations as may
				be necessary to carry out the duties of the department and its divisions"
				and
B. the Health Service Corps
				Act, Section
				24-1D-3
				B(2) NMSA 1978, which authorizes the department to adopt regulations to carry
				out the provisions of the act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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February 13, 2004, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.8 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CORPS

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The corps shall:
A.
				enter into contracts to carry out provisions of the Health Service Corps Act,
				and may sue for enforcement of those contracts;
B. recruit and assign health professionals to
				eligible communities/practice sites;
C. determine a mix of health professional
				specialties to be recruited, with an emphasis on family practice
				physicians;
D. establish criteria
				and procedures for acceptance of applications and selection of students and
				licensed health professionals;
E.
				establish criteria and procedures for evaluating and selecting students and
				licensed health professionals;
F.
				determine and maintain a list of eligible communities/practice sites and
				establish a priority of those locations based on relative need; and
G. convene an advisory committee to recommend
				students and licensed health professionals to receive commitment stipends,
				recommend priorities for eligible communities/practice sites, and advise the
				corps on program policy.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.9 - ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE A COMMITMENT STIPEND

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A. To be eligible to receive a commitment
				stipend, students and licensed health professionals shall:
(1) provide references and undergo
				interviews;
(2) be enrolled in or
				accepted by an accredited or otherwise approved medical school residency
				program, school of nursing, physician assistant training program, school of
				dentistry, dental hygiene program,or emergency medical technician-paramedic
				training program, or be engaged in a residency training program or
				preceptorship;
(3) be a citizen of
				the United States or a permanent resident alien and domiciled in New Mexico,
				except that students enrolled in a school of dentistry, dental hygiene program,
				or dental residency are exempt from the requirement that they be domiciled in
				New Mexico;
(4) declare his or her
				intent to practice as a health professional at an eligible community/practice
				site in New Mexico for at least two years; and
(5) prior to service, be evaluated by the
				corps utilizing evaluation of clinical performance and community service during
				training; licensing test scores; recommendations of professors, professional
				mentors and co-workers; and other factors as determined by the corps to ensure
				provision of quality health services through the corps.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.10 - PAYMENT OF COMMITMENT STIPENDS

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A.
				The amount of any stipend awarded shall be dependent upon available resources
				and shall be paid for a maximum of two years; for paramedic students, the
				stipend will be paid for one year, unless the student is enrolled in a two-year
				associate of arts or baccalaureate degree program.
B. Upon approval by the corps of a commitment
				stipend, the student or licensed health professional shall enter into a
				commitment stipend contract.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.11 - REPAYMENT OF COMMITMENT STIPENDS

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A student or licensed health professional who receives a
				  commitment stipend shall:
A. provide a
				current address to the corps within sixty (60) days of completion of training
				and maintain a current address with the corps throughout the period of
				repayment;
B. apply for necessary
				licensure or certification to practice at the first opportunity after
				completion of training;
C. pay back
				the stipend amount by serving a period of time equal to the number of yearly
				stipends received, for a minimum of a two-year repayment period; and
D. be subject to repayment penalties as
				outlined in Subsection F of 7.29.2.12 NMAC if he or she fails to complete
				training, obtain licensure or certification, or complete obligation service at
				an eligible site.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.12 - PENALTY

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A. If the student
				or licensed health professional breaches his or her commitment stipend
				contract, he or she shall be subject to a penalty of three times the amount of
				the stipend received, plus 18 percent interest of the original stipend per
				year.
B. The penalty repayment
				period shall be a maximum of ten (10) years.
C. The student or licensed health
				professional may present to the corps a written explanation of any mitigating
				circumstances that prevented the full completion of training, the obtaining of
				licensure or certification, or the completion of a service obligation at an
				eligible site.
D. The corps shall
				evaluate the reasons for failure to complete training, obtain licensure or
				certification, or complete a service obligation at an eligible site and
				determine their validity.
E.
				Decisions of the corps regarding breach of commitment stipend contracts are
				final and binding for all purposes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.13 - HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SERVING WITH STIPEND OBLIGATIONS

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A. Health
				professionals who received a commitment stipend and are serving at an eligible
				community/practice site shall:
(1) be covered
				by malpractice insurance; and
(2)
				be subject to evaluation by the eligible community/practice site.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.14 - DELEGATION OF ADMINISTRATION

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The corps may contract with any appropriate entity to
				  co-administer the Health Service Corps Act.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.15 - ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY/PRACTICE SITE SELECTION

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The corps, upon recommendation of the advisory committee,
				  shall determine priority of eligible communites/practice for placement of
				  health professionals.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.16 - ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY/PRACTICE SITE CONTRACTS

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The corps may contract with eligible community/practice sites
				  to support the recruitment, placement, or retention of eligible health
				  professionals.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 2 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH SERVICE CORPS › Section 7.29.2.17 - ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY/PRACTICE SITE REIMBURSEMENT

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The corps may require a community or practice site to pay the
				  costs associated with the provision of corps health professionals in the
				  community.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 3 - RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT › Section 7.29.3.2 - SCOPE

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Rural Primary Health Care Act rules shall apply to the use of
				  the funds by eligible programs available pursuant to the Rural Primary Health
				  Care Act, Sections
				  24-1A-1 to
				  24-1A-4
				  NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 3 - RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT › Section 7.29.3.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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The Rural Primary Health Care Act, Sections 9-7-6(F) and
				  24-1A-4
				  NMSA 1978, as amended.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 3 - RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT › Section 7.29.3.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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October 16, 2006, unless a later date is cited at the end of
				  a section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 3 - RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT › Section 7.29.3.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of 7.29.3 NMAC is to establish standards and
				  procedures for regulating programs under the Rural Primary Health Care Act. The
				  purpose of the Rural Primary Health Care Act is to assist in the provision of
				  primary health care services in underserved areas of the state in order to
				  better serve the health care needs of the public. This purpose will be
				  accomplished through, but not limited to, the following activities:
A. assist communities in the recruitment,
				placement, and retention of health care personnel in underserved areas of the
				state which includes the coordination of such effort with health professional
				education programs at post-secondary schools and other institutions involved in
				the training of health professional personnel;
B. develop plans and encourage coordination
				between publicly supported programs, and between public and private sector
				providers;
C. provide technical
				assistance;
D. distribute financial
				assistance to eligible programs in order to sustain or provide a minimum level
				of primary health care services; and which assist in the provision of primary
				health care services in underserved areas in order to better serve the health
				needs of the public; and
E. provide
				a program for enabling the development of new primary health care services and
				facilities.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 3 - RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT › Section 7.29.3.9 - NEW PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES/FACILITIES

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A. Duty of the department: To the extent
				funds are made available for the purposes of the act, Section 24-1A.3.1E NMSA
				1978, the department shall provide a program for enabling the development of
				new primary health care services or facilities. The department in establishing
				the program for new primary health care services or facilities will give
				consideration to proposals for planning as well as for
				implementation.
B. Eligibility: To
				be eligible to receive funds to assist in planning for the development of
				primary health care services or facilities in HCUA(s) designated for primary
				health care needs, eligible program(s) shall:
(1) be a New Mexico nonprofit community based
				entity with Federal Internal Revenue Service 501c(3) tax exempt status, local
				government or tribal government;
(2) have a local or regional primary health
				care advisory board whose membership is generally representative of the HCUA(s)
				for which it is developing the primary health care plan; and
(3) meet other requirements as determined by
				the department.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 3 - RURAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACT › Section 7.29.3.10 - PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT

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A. Duty of
				the department: To the extent funds are made available for the purposes of the
				act, Section
				24-1A-3.1A
				NMSA 1978, the department may contract, in accordance with applicable
				procurement procedures, with New Mexico nonprofit entities to assist
				communities in the recruitment, placement, and retention of health care
				personnel in health care underserved areas of the state and to coordinate such
				effort with health professional education programs. Such efforts shall be
				consistent with priorities set out by the department. The department will
				monitor the performance of the contractor to ensure compliance with the intent
				of the act.
B. Eligibility: In
				order to contract pursuant to this part of the rules, the entity shall meet the
				following requirements:
(1) be a New Mexico
				nonprofit entity which has obtained and maintains a federal internal revenue
				service 501c(3) tax exempt status;
(2) have a governing board of directors which
				is representative of the geographic areas and ethnic populations in New Mexico
				and is comprised of both health care providers and consumers;
(3) have the capability to carry out the
				purposes of Subsection A of 7.29.3.8 NMAC of these rules, including qualified
				professional staff;
(4) not be a
				health care provider or association of health care providers; and
(5) meet other requirements as determined by
				the department.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 4 - PRIMARY CARE CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM › Section 7.29.4.2 - SCOPE

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The Primary Care Capital Fund Program Regulations shall apply
				  to the use of funds by eligible entities available pursuant to the Primary Care
				  Capital Funding Act, Sections
				  24-1C-6.,
et seq
., NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 4 - PRIMARY CARE CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM › Section 7.29.4.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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These regulations are promulgated pursuant to:
1) the Department of Health Act, Section
				9-7-6.E.,
				NMSA 1978;
2) the Primary Care
				Capital Funding Act, Sections
				24-1C-1.,
et seq.
, NMSA 1978.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 4 - PRIMARY CARE CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM › Section 7.29.4.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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December 15, 2001, unless a later date is cited in a
				  section.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 29 - PRIMARY AND RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES › Part 4 - PRIMARY CARE CAPITAL FUND PROGRAM › Section 7.29.4.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective is to establish standards and procedures for
				  regulating Programs under the Primary Care Capital Funding Act. Section
				  24-1C-6.
				  NMSA 1978 of the Primary Care Capital Funding Act directs the Department of
				  Health and the New Mexico Finance Authority to jointly develop and administer
				  loan and Contract for Services Programs established pursuant to the provisions
				  of the Act.