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Health Facility Regulations
New Emergency Rule and Pending Regulations
The Health Care Authority Division of Health Improvement is issuing a temporary emergency rule to amend 8.370.8 NMAC section 11, Severity Standard. It updates and clarifies the standards for caregiver offenses that can be referred for placement on the Employee Abuse Registry. This emergency rule is effective on February 11, 2025. the emergency amendment can also be found on the State Records Center and Archives registry volume XXXVI issue 4 publication date 2/25/2025.
These are the rules and regulations governing the work of the Health Facility Licensing and Certification bureau.
- 8.370.2 NMAC — Adjudicatory Hearings for Licensed Facilities
- 8.370.3 NMAC — Health Facility Licensure Fees and Procedures*
- 8.370.4 NMAC — Health Facility Sanctions and Civil Monetary Penalties
- 8.370.5 NMAC — Caregivers Criminal History Screening Requirements*
- 8.370.6 NMAC — Access To Medical Records by Disability Applicants
- 8.370.7 NMAC — Health Facility Receivership Requirements
- 8.370.8 NMAC — Employee Abuse Registry
- 8.370.9 NMAC — Incident Reporting, Intake, Processing & Training Requirements for Facilities
- 8.370.11 NMAC — Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training
- 8.370.12 NMAC — Requirements for Acute Care, Limited Services and Special Hospitals
- 8.370.13 NMAC — Requirements For Rural Emergency Hospitals
- 8.370.14 NMAC — Requirements for Assisted Living Facilities for Adults
- 8.370.15 NMAC — General Requirements for Boarding Homes
- 8.370.16 NMAC — Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities
- 8.370.17 NMAC — Requirements for Freestanding Birth Centers
- 8.370.18 NMAC — Requirements for Facilities Providing Outpatient Medical Services and Infirmaries
- 8.370.19 NMAC — Requirements for Inhome and Inpatient Hospice Care
- 8.370.20 NMAC — Requirements for Adult Day Care Facilities
- 8.370.22 NMAC — Requirements for Home Health Agencies
- 8.321.6 NMAC — Requirements for Community Mental Health Centers
- 8.371.2 NMAC — Requirements for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded
- 8.371.9 NMAC – Admission, Discharge and Transfer Of Eligible Recipients for Services in ICF/MR Facilities
- 8.321.11 NMAC — Crisis Triage Centers
- 8.370.24 NMAC — Requirements for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities
- 8.370.25 NMAC — Hearing Requirements for Certified Nurse Aides
- 8.312.2 NMAC — Nursing Facilities
- 8.312.3 NMAC — Cost Related Reimbursement Of Nursing Facilities
- 8.313.2 NMAC — Intermediate Care Facilities For The Mentally Retarded
- 8.313.3 NMAC — Cost Related Reimbursement of ICF/MR Facilities
- 8.321.6 NMAC — Requirements For Community Mental Health Centers
- 8.321.11 NMAC — Crisis Triage Centers
- CFR 42 §483.152 — Requirements for Approval of Nurse Aide Training and Competency
* Revised in 2025