New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-1-5.12. Rural emergency hospital licensure; licensing requirements

(1) on December 27, 2020, was:

(2) provides rural emergency hospital services in the facility twenty-four hours per day and is staffed twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week with a physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist or physician assistant;

(3) has a transfer agreement in effect with a level I or level II trauma center;

(4) does not have an annual average patient length of stay over twenty-four hours; and

(5) meets any other requirements that the department finds necessary to implement state licensure and satisfy centers for medicare and medicaid services requirements for reimbursement as a rural emergency hospital.

(1) an action plan for initiating rural emergency hospital services, including a detailed transition plan that lists the specific services that the facility will retain, modify, add and discontinue;

(2) a description of services that the facility intends to provide on an outpatient basis; and

(3) any other information required by rules of the department.

(1) “department” means the department of health; and

(2) “rural emergency hospital” means a health facility that provides emergency and observational care and meets the licensure requirements outlined in Subsection B of this section.