New Mexico Statutes Chapter 28. Human Rights § 28-16A-3. Definitions

A. “assessment” means a process for measuring and determining a person's strengths, needs and preferences to determine eligibility for support and services and to develop or modify an individual support and service plan;

B. “case management” means a process that:

C. “comprehensive review and analysis” means the comprehensive review and analysis conducted pursuant to Subsection A of Section 28-16A-7 NMSA 1978;

D. “council” means the developmental disabilities council;

E. “department” means the department of health;

F. “diagnostic evaluation” means an empirical process that determines if, and to what degree, a person has a developmental deficiency and the type of intervention and services that are needed for the person and that person's family;

G. “direct support professional” means a non-administrative employee or subcontractor of a direct support provider agency who spends the majority of the employee's or subcontractor's work hours providing supportive services to individuals with developmental disabilities living and working in the community;

H. “direct support provider agency” means an entity that:

I. “inclusive” means using the same community resources that are used by and available to all citizens and developing relationships with nonpaid caregivers or recipients of support and services for persons with developmental disabilities;

J. “individual support and service plan” means a plan developed by an interdisciplinary team and agreed to by a person with a developmental disability, or by a parent of a minor or a legal guardian, as appropriate, that describes the combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other support and services that are needed and desired by a person with a developmental disability;

K. “interdisciplinary team” means a group of persons drawn from or representing professions that are relevant to identifying the needs of a person with a developmental disability and designing a program to meet that person's needs. The team shall include the person with a developmental disability, the parent of a minor child or a legal guardian, as appropriate;

L. “self-determination” means having:

M. “service provider” means a nonprofit corporation, tribal government or tribal organization, unit of local government or other organization that has entered into a contract or provider agreement with the department for the purpose of providing developmental disabilities support and services.