N.M. Admin. Code § 8.325.12.7 - DEFINITIONS
A.
Certified
peer support worker (CPSW): Peer support workers who have successfully
completed training with the behavioral health service division's office of peer
recovery and engagement (OPRE) and have obtained certification from the New
Mexico credentialing board of behavioral health professionals.
B.
Clinical Assessment: A
process of collecting clinical information and drawing conclusions using
evidence based tools and best practices to help identify and choose pertinent
interventions.
C.
Community-based provider: An entity that provides substance use
disorder (SUD) treatment services in the community in addition to a
correctional facility.
D.
Correctional facility: A state prison or county detention
facility, whether operated by a government or private contractor, that is used
for confinement of adult persons.
E.
County detention facilities:
Detention centers operated by local governments used for the confinement of
adult persons.
F.
Discharge
planning: The process of determining a participant's continued need for
treatment services and may include development of a plan to address ongoing
post-treatment needs, referral into another level of care or linkage of the
individual to other support services.
G.
Evidence-based: Best
practices based on current scientific evidence.
H.
Healthcare practitioner: A
person licensed by a professional licensing board or authorized to provide
health care in NM and may include physicians, physician assistants, nurse
practitioners or clinician pharmacists.
I.
Medication for opioid use disorder
(MOUD): An approach to clinical treatment that uses federal food and
drug administration (FDA) approved medications for persons diagnosed with
opioid use disorder (OUD).
J.
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT): The use of FDA-approved
medications for the treatment of SUD.
K.
Naloxone: An opioid
antagonist used for the complete or partial reversal of an opioid
overdose.
L.
Narcotic
treatment program (NTP): The drug enforcement agency's term for opioid
treatment program (OTP).
M.
New Mexico corrections department (NMCD): The state agency
overseeing NM prison facilities whether operated by state government or a
private contractor.
N.
Opioid
use disorder (OUD): A pattern of opioid use leading to clinically
significant impairment or distress, as manifested by symptoms identified in the
most recent publication of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders of the American psychiatric association or its successor.
O.
Opioid treatment program
(OTP): A clinic that has been certified and DEA-approved, under both
federal ( 42 CFR Section 8) and state (7.32.8.1 NMAC and
8.321.2.30 NMAC) regulations to
provide medication for OUD treatment services with methadone.
P.
Peer support workers (PSW):
Individuals who have been successful in their own recovery from SUD who help
other individuals in their recovery process though shared understanding,
respect, and mutual empowerment, reducing the likelihood of relapse.
Q.
Program participant: A person
who is incarcerated and diagnosed with SUD for whom medication is clinically
indicated and who elects to participate in such treatment.
R.
Reentry services: Resources
offered that help individuals prepare for return to their communities after
incarceration. Reentry services aim to reduce recidivism and improve public
safety by supporting individuals toward independent living skills. Services may
include psychological and financial counseling, education, skill development,
employment, housing, transportation and various types of supportive
services.
S.
Screening: The use of an evidence-based tool and process to
identify an individual's characteristics of substance use or dependency through
established criteria.
T.
Substance use disorder (SUD): A pattern of use of substances
leading to clinical or functional impairment, in accordance with the definition
in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) of the
American psychiatric association, or any subsequent editions.
U.
Substance use disorder
treatment: Treatment services provided by specifically trained,
certified or licensed professionals. SUD treatment programs can include
inpatient treatment, residential programs, partial hospitalization or day
treatment, outpatient and intensive outpatient programs, opioid treatment
programs, and primary care-based SUD treatment services.
V.
Tapering guidelines: Guidance
for the clinical process by which medications are safely reduced or
discontinued.
W.
Telemedicine: The delivery of health care services through
interactive audio, video, or other electronic media used for diagnosis,
consultation, or treatment.
X.
Transitional services: Resources offered to provide a continuum of
support to help ensure individuals engaged in SUD treatment services have
seamless access to medication, treatment and other services as needed. For this
rule, transitional services also applies to program participants moving between
treatment programs within facilities.
Y.
Withdrawal management: The
medical and psychological care of patients who are experiencing withdrawal
symptoms as a result of ceasing or reducing use of a substance.
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