New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 14 - JUVENILE JUSTICE › Part 4 - FACILITY MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Section 8.14.4.13 - SPECIAL NEEDS AND SERVICES

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				Clients needing close medical supervision: A proactive program exists that
				provides care for special needs clients who require close medical supervision
				or multidisciplinary care.
B.
				Chronic disease: Clients with chronic diseases are identified and provided
				medical and other services with the goal of decreasing the frequency and
				severity of symptoms, including preventing disease progression and fostering
				improvement in function.
C.
				Prostheses and orthodontic devices: Medical and dental orthoses or prostheses
				and other aids to impairment are supplied in a timely manner when the health of
				the client would otherwise be adversely affected, as determined by a qualified
				health or dental health care professional. Clients are provided with one
				prosthesis or orthodontic device as prescribed by licensed medical or dental
				provider. Replacements are the responsibility of the client or their family if
				they are purposefully damaged, destroyed or ruined due to inappropriate client
				behavior.
D. HIV/AIDS: Facilities
				have written plans regarding approved actions to be taken by health and
				facility staff concerning clients who have been diagnosed as HIV
				positive.
E. Serious, infectious
				and communicable disease: Facilities have written plans addressing the
				management of serious, infectious and communicable disease that include
				control, prevention and treatment strategies.
F. Clients with mental illness or
				developmental disability: Services are provided to clients with mental illness
				and developmental disabilities and referral sources are identified as
				needed.
G. Clients in need of
				behavior management and crisis intervention: Any time use of force is applied
				to a client, only approved methods in compliance with approved department
				intervention programs is enforced. The least restrictive element of the process
				is used in every situation.
H. Care
				of clients physically separated from population: Anytime separation is
				implemented, only approved methods are used, in compliance with approved
				department separation procedures. The least restrictive element of the process
				is used in every situation. When a client is physically separated from the rest
				of the population, medical and behavioral health staff monitor medical and
				behavioral health status and ensure that the client has the opportunity to
				request care for medical, dental, or behavioral health problems.
I. Clients with a terminal illness: The
				health and mental health needs of the terminally ill client are met.
J. Suicide prevention and crisis response:
				JJS facilities have a crisis response and suicide prevention protocol that
				provides for the identification and response to suicidal clients and clients in
				crisis; all staff are trained in the protocol as well as the identification of
				warning signs or indicators.