New Mexico
Mandated reporters are individuals who are legally required to report known or suspected abuse and neglect of vulnerable populations to state and/or local authorities. Laws surrounding mandated reporting vary from state-to-state so please ensure your familiarity with your state's laws regarding individuals who are required to report known or suspected abuse and neglect.
Links
- State regulation.
- State training and resources.
- Abuse hotline: 1-855-333-SAFE or #SAFE from a cell phone.
Health facilities and community based providers must check the Employee Abuse Registry (EAR) prior to hire and avoid employing an individual who has been placed on the registry. All health facilities and community based providers must maintain a printout that verifies the date checked and the employee’s eligibility to hire.
A database is maintained of criminal record information and a registry of all caregivers screened through the Department of Health. It also offers an administrative reconsideration process that allows caregivers to request a reconsideration of the results of a disqualifying conviction, thus allowing an avenue for care providers to retain valuable and/or long-term employees.
Other program benefits include screening applicants for New Mexico residents who work in health facilities around the state for potential disqualifying convictions, as well as rapback notification to NMDOH of any new arrests after an application was cleared.
Consolidated Online Registry: provides a one-stop repository for New Mexico healthcare employers to quickly ascertain suitability for new healthcare employees. Unfortunately, the Consolidated Online Employee Abuse Registry (COR) is currently offline and will be unavailable for use for an undetermined amount of time. The Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program apologizes for the inconvenience and will manually process COR/EAR requests for current users.
Please use the manual process to check the COR Employee Abuse Registry.
Manual Process to Check the Registry:
Current users may request a manual registry check by faxing all of thie information below to 505-424-7974.
- Potential Caregiver Details.
- Potential Caregiver First Name.
- Potential Caregiver Last Name.
- Potential Caregiver Date of Birth.
- Potential Caregiver Social Security Number.
- Your Contact Information.
- Requesting Provider/Facility Name.
- Requesting Provider/Facility Phone Number.
- Requesting Provider/Facility Fax Number.
In most cases, COR responses will be completed and returned within 24 hours. For questions or issues regarding checking the COR search process please contact CCHSP at 505-476-0801 or fax 505-424-7974.
Health facilities and community based providers must check the Employee Abuse Registry (EAR) prior to hire and avoid employing an individual who has been placed on the registry. All health facilities and community based providers must maintain a printout that verifies the date checked and the employee’s eligibility to hire.
A database is maintained of criminal record information and a registry of all caregivers screened through the Department of Health. It also offers an administrative reconsideration process that allows caregivers to request a reconsideration of the results of a disqualifying conviction, thus allowing an avenue for care providers to retain valuable and/or long-term employees.
Other program benefits include screening applicants for New Mexico residents who work in health facilities around the state for potential disqualifying convictions, as well as rapback notification to NMDOH of any new arrests after an application was cleared.
Consolidated Online Registry: provides a one-stop repository for New Mexico healthcare employers to quickly ascertain suitability for new healthcare employees. Unfortunately, the Consolidated Online Employee Abuse Registry (COR) is currently offline and will be unavailable for use for an undetermined amount of time. The Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program apologizes for the inconvenience and will manually process COR/EAR requests for current users.
Please use the manual process to check the COR Employee Abuse Registry.
Manual Process to Check the Registry
Current users may request a manual registry check by faxing all of the information below to 505-424-7974.
- Potential Caregiver Details.
- Potential Caregiver First Name.
- Potential Caregiver Last Name.
- Potential Caregiver Date of Birth.
- Potential Caregiver Social Security Number.
- Your Contact Information.
- Requesting Provider/Facility Name.
- Requesting Provider/Facility Phone Number.
- Requesting Provider/Facility Fax Number.
In most cases, COR responses will be completed and returned within 24 hours. For questions or issues regarding checking the COR search process please contact CCHSP at 505-476-0801 or fax 505-424-7974.
