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; andF. '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. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, defined 'department', revised the definition of s authorized to act on behalf of a patient.History: Laws 2004, ch. 53, § 2; 2023, ch. 113, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 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'.
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