As used in the Patient Care Monitoring Act:

1. A. "department" means the aging and long-term services department;

2. B. "facility" means a long-term care facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-5 NMSA 1978, other than an intermediate care facility for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities, and may also include:

   1. (1) a skilled nursing facility;
   2. (2) an intermediate care nursing facility;
   3. (3) a nursing facility;
   4. (4) an adult residential shelter care home;
   5. (5) a boarding home;
   6. (6) any adult care home or adult residential care facility; and
   7. (7) any swing bed in an acute care facility or extended care facility;
3. C. "monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument that broadcasts or records activity, but does not include a still camera;
4. D. "patient" means a person who is a resident of a facility;
5. E. "program" means the New Mexico long-term care ombudsman program; and
6. F. "surrogate" means a legal guardian or a legally appointed substitute decision-maker who is authorized to act on behalf of a patient.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 53, § 2; 2023, ch. 113, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, defined "department", revised the definition of "facility" and removed the definition of "agency"; in Subsection A, deleted "'agency'" and added "'department'", and after "means the", deleted "state agency on", and after "aging", added "and long-term services department"; and in Subsection B, in the introductory clause, after "intermediate care facility for", deleted "the mentally retarded" and added "individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities".