Definitions

As used in the Patient Care Monitoring Act: A. "department" means the aging and long-term services department; 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) a skilled nursing facility; (2) an intermediate care nursing facility; (3) a nursing facility; (4) an adult residential shelter care home; (5) a boarding home; (6) any adult care home or adult residential care facility; and (7) any swing bed in an acute care facility or extended care facility; C. "monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument that broadcasts or records activity, but does not include a still camera; D. "patient" means a person who is a resident of a facility; E. "program" means the New Mexico long-term care ombudsman program; and 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.