§ 61-13-2. Definitions

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NM Code › Chapter 61 › Article 13 › Section 61-13-2

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As used in the Nursing Home Administrators Act:

A. “board” means the board of nursing home administrators;

B. “nursing home administrator” means any individual who is responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the operation of a nursing home or who shares such functions with one or more persons in operating a nursing home;

C. “nursing home” means any nursing institution or facility required to be licensed under state law as a nursing facility by the public health division of the department of health, whether proprietary or nonprofit, including skilled nursing home facilities, and whether a separate entity or a part of a medical institutional facility; and

D. “practice of nursing home administration” means the planning, organizing, directing and control of the operation of a nursing home.

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