2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 23 - State Health Institutions
Article 9 - Adolescent Treatment Hospital
Section 23-9-2 - Definitions.

NM Stat § 23-9-2 (2016) What's This?

23-9-2. Definitions.

As used in the Adolescent Treatment Hospital Act :

A. "adolescent" means a person aged thirteen through twenty;

B. "adolescent treatment hospital" means the hospital created pursuant to the Adolescent Treatment Hospital Act;

C. "board" means the adolescent treatment hospital governing board;

D. "adolescent residential treatment facility" means the facility created pursuant to the Adolescent Treatment Hospital Act; and

E. "coordinated treatment panel" means the group made up of trained health and mental health professionals who review and approve psychosocial treatment recommendations, develop psychosocial treatment alternatives, track costs and cost-effectiveness and evaluate outcomes; and

F. "secretary" means the secretary of health.

History: Laws 1992, ch. 60, 2; 1998, ch. 28, 1.

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