# 8.10.6.10 NMAC: Section 10. Foster Care Candidacy Determination

> New Mexico · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S10

## Section

- **Citation:** 8.10.6.10 NMAC
- **Heading:** Section 10. Foster Care Candidacy Determination
- **Jurisdiction:** New Mexico
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** NMAC / Title 8 (SOCIAL SERVICES) / Chapter 10 (CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES) / Part 6 (IN-HOME SERVICES) / Section 10

## Text

A. The IHS practitioner shall make a foster care candidacy determination for each child in a family receiving IHS. A child may be considered a foster care candidate when a child is determined to be conditionally safe and the risk of maltreatment is moderate or high, or when a child is determined to be unsafe. B. A child may be determined to be a foster care candidate at any point during the IHS case when there has been a change in a family’s circumstances that affects the safety of a child. C. Once a child has been initially determined a foster care candidate, then the foster care candidacy is re-determined for the child every six months.

## Nearby sections

- [8.10.6.1 NMAC Section 1. Issuing Agency](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S1.md)
- [8.10.6.2 NMAC Section 2. Scope](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S2.md)
- [8.10.6.3 NMAC Section 3. Statutory Authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S3.md)
- [8.10.6.5 NMAC Section 5. Effective Date](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S5.md)
- [8.10.6.6 NMAC Section 6. Objective](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S6.md)
- [8.10.6.7 NMAC Section 7. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S7.md)
- [8.10.6.8 NMAC Section 8. Purpose Of In-Home Services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S8.md)
- [8.10.6.9 NMAC Section 9. Eligibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S9.md)
- [8.10.6.10 NMAC Section 10. Foster Care Candidacy Determination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S10.md)
- [8.10.6.11 NMAC Section 11. Case Transfer To In-Home Services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S11.md)
- [8.10.6.12 NMAC Section 12. Duration Of Service Delivery](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S12.md)
- [8.10.6.13 NMAC Section 13. Provision Of Services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S13.md)
- [8.10.6.14 NMAC Section 14. Family Contact](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S14.md)
- [8.10.6.15 NMAC Section 15. In-Home Family Assessment, Safety And Family Plans](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/SREGS_NM_T8_C10_P6_S15.md)

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