A. In accordance with department rules, the department shall certify any acute care hospital as a primary stroke center, comprehensive stroke center or acute stroke capable center if that hospital has been accredited by the joint commission or any other nationally recognized accrediting body as a primary stroke center, comprehensive stroke center or acute stroke capable center. The department shall post information regarding certification on the department's web site. If a hospital loses accreditation as a primary stroke center, comprehensive stroke center or acute stroke capable center, the secretary shall also remove that hospital's certification.
B. In accordance with department rules, the emergency medical systems bureau of the department shall work in coordination with all local and regional emergency medical services authorities statewide on the development of pre-hospitalization protocols related to the assessment, treatment and transport of stroke patients by licensed emergency medical services providers. These protocols shall include, at a minimum, plans for the triage and transport of stroke patients to the closest comprehensive or primary stroke center or, when appropriate, to an acute stroke capable center.
C. The secretary may adopt rules to assist and encourage primary stroke centers to enter into coordinated stroke care agreements with other health care facilities throughout the state to provide appropriate access to care for acute stroke patients.
History: Laws 2012, ch. 4, § 1; 2015, ch. 90, § 1.
The 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, expanded sources of accreditation for stroke centers and required the emergency medical systems bureau, in coordination with regional emergency medical services authorities statewide, to develop pre-hospitalization protocols related to the treatment of stroke patients; in Subsection A, after "hospital has been accredited", added "by the joint commission or any other nationally recognized accrediting body", after "capable center", deleted "by the joint commission", and after "loses", deleted "joint commission certification" and added "accreditation"; and added Subsection B and redesignated the succeeding subsection accordingly.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Section 24-1-3 - Powers and authority of department.
Section 24-1-4.1 - Certified nurse-midwives; prescriptive, distributing and administering authority.
Section 24-1-5 - Licensure of health facilities; hearings; appeals.
Section 24-1-5.2 - Health facilities; intermediate sanctions; civil penalty.
Section 24-1-5.4 - Plan of growth; requirements; reporting.
Section 24-1-5.6 - Northern New Mexico substance abuse treatment pilot project.
Section 24-1-5.7 - Methadone clinics; regulation by the human services department.
Section 24-1-5.8 - Legislative findings; licensing requirements for certain hospitals.
Section 24-1-5.9 - Reporting requirements.
Section 24-1-5.10 - Federal participation required; exception.
Section 24-1-6 - Tests required for newborn infants.
Section 24-1-6.1 - Newborn hearing testing required; department of health.
Section 24-1-7 - Sexually transmitted infections; reports of cases.
Section 24-1-9.3 - Sexually transmitted infections; mandatory counseling.
Section 24-1-9.4 - Sexually transmitted infections; confidentiality.
Section 24-1-9.6 - Sexually transmitted infections; disclosure.
Section 24-1-10 - Pregnancy; serological test for syphilis.
Section 24-1-11 - Reporting of blood tests.
Section 24-1-12 - Health certificates; filing.
Section 24-1-13 - Pregnancy; capacity to consent to examination and diagnosis.
Section 24-1-13.2 - Shaken baby syndrome prevention.
Section 24-1-14 - [Sterilization;] special qualifications prohibited.
Section 24-1-15 - Isolation; quarantine; protocol.
Section 24-1-15.1 - Protocol for management of active tuberculosis.
Section 24-1-15.2 - Conditions of public health importance; reporting.
Section 24-1-15.3 - Conditions of public health importance; testing; screening.
Section 24-1-16 - Inspection definitions.
Section 24-1-17 - Inspectorial search by consent.
Section 24-1-18 - Inspection searches.
Section 24-1-19 - Emergency inspectorial searches.
Section 24-1-20 - Records confidential.
Section 24-1-22 - Scientific laboratory division; testing methods; certification.
Section 24-1-25 - Holly Gonzales experimental treatment fund created.
Section 24-1-28 - Behavioral health planning council created; powers and duties; membership.
Section 24-1-29 - Commission created; members; duties.
Section 24-1-30 - Hand washing facilities; requirement.
Section 24-1-31 - Save our children's sight fund created.
Section 24-1-32 - Notice of the need for further vision evaluation and availability of funds.
Section 24-1-33 - Communication regarding reconstructive breast surgery.
Section 24-1-35 - Assisted living facilities contracts; limit on charges after resident death.
Section 24-1-36 - Statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention program.
Section 24-1-37 - Lay caregiver; aftercare; designation.
Section 24-1-38 - Hospitals; requirement to offer influenza and pneumococcal immunizations.
Section 24-1-39 - Mammograms; health facilities; breast density disclosure.
Section 24-1-42 - Eligibility for state or local health benefits.