2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 6A - Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Section 32A-6A-8 - Special rules applicable to aversive intervention.
A. An intervention expressly listed in the "aversive intervention" definition in Section 4 [32A-6A-4 NMSA 1978] of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act is prohibited.
B. A treatment plan containing an aversive intervention not specifically listed in Section 4 of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act shall be submitted to the human rights committee of the department of health in advance of a meeting, except in emergency situations. The human rights committee shall review the plan along with the following additional information as available:
(1) baseline or base rate data;
(2) review of the child's current situation and environment;
(3) the child's history, including previous interventions and results;
(4) the possible adverse effects, if any, of the proposed treatment plan;
(5) success and failure criteria for discontinuing the proposed aversive intervention; and
(6) a written evaluation by the clinician proposing the treatment plan or the intervention.
C. The human rights committee of the department of health shall not approve an intervention specifically listed in the definition of "aversive intervention" in Section 4 of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act.
D. An invitation to participate in the review shall be extended to the child, the child's legal custodian, the clinician and any other mental health or developmental disability professional who has proposed the treatment. A written or oral presentation shall be made to the human rights commission by the mental health or developmental disability professional proposing the treatment.
E. The results of the human rights committee of the department of health review shall be reported to the clinician, the child and the child's legal custodian within three working days.
F. The department shall work in collaboration with the department of health to promulgate rules for implementing a human rights committee pursuant to this section.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 162, § 8.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 162, contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2007, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.
