N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.16.62 - ACTIVITIES
A. Program:
(1) Every facility shall provide an
activities program which meets the requirements of this section. The program
may consist of any combination of activities provided by the facility and those
provided by other community resources.
(2) The activities program shall be planned
for group and individual activities, and shall be designed to meet the needs
and interests of each resident and to be consistent with each resident's plan
of care.
B. Staff:
(1) Definition: "Qualified activities
coordinator" means, in a skilled nursing facility, a person who:
(a) has a bachelor's degree in recreation
therapy and is eligible for registration as a therapeutic recreation specialist
with the National therapeutic recreation society; or
(b) is an occupational therapist or
occupational therapy assistant who meets the requirements for certification by
the American occupational therapy association; or
(c) has two years of experience in a social
or recreational program within the last five years, one year of which was
fulltime in a patient activities program in a health care setting; or
(d) has completed a state approved
program.
(e) in an intermediate
care facility, a staff member who is qualified by experience or training in
directing group activity.
(2) Supervision: The activity program shall
be supervised by:
(a) a qualified activities
coordinator; or
(b) an employee who
receives at least monthly consultation from a qualified activities
coordinator.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.