2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 17B - Long-Term Care
Section 24-17B-3 - Training required.
A. Each long-term care facility and long-term care facility contractor that is subject to the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act shall provide training from the department's current list of approved standardized training programs and continuing education as prescribed by the department to each direct care service staff member that it employs on:
(1) standards approved by the department for recognizing and treating Alzheimer's disease and dementia;
(2) person-centered care;
(3) activities of daily living; and
(4) any other subjects within the scope of long-term care facility dementia training identified by the department pursuant to the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act.
B. Training may be online or in-person and shall be a training program of at least four hours and approved by the department pursuant to Section 5 [24-17B-5 NMSA 1978] of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act.
C. A person conducting the training shall have:
(1) at least two years of work experience related to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, health care, gerontology or other related field; and
(2) successfully completed training equivalent to the requirements provided in the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act, including passage of any skills competency or knowledge test required by the department pursuant to Subsection B of Section 4 [24-17B-4 NMSA 1978] of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act.
D. Every direct care service staff member shall complete the requirements for and obtain certification as provided in Subsection E of this section.
E. A direct care service staff member:
(1) hired after January 1, 2022 shall complete the training required pursuant to this section within sixty days of the start of employment;
(2) hired prior to January 1, 2022 who has not received training within the past twenty-four months equivalent to the requirements set forth in the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act shall complete training within sixty days of January 1, 2022;
(3) hired prior to January 1, 2022 who received training within the past twenty-four months equivalent to the requirements set forth in the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act shall be issued a training certificate by the department; and
(4) who has successfully obtained a training certificate but has had a lapse of dementia-related direct care service employment for twenty-four consecutive months or more shall complete training within sixty days of the start of employment.
F. Every long-term care facility contractor that is subject to the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act shall provide a copy of every direct care service staff member's dementia training certificate obtained pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection E of this section or Section 5 of the Long-Term Care Facility Dementia Training Act to every long-term care facility where that staff member provides direct care service.
History: Laws 2021, ch. 111, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2021, ch. 111 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
