You can contact the Diversion Program Case Manager at 505-841-9091 for additional information or questions.

Participation in the DP is confidential. The DP Case Manger cannot discuss any information about any nurse who is in the DP with anyone else. However, signatures on the initial contract or contract amendments constitute a release of information for t... Read More

Nurses in the Diversion Program are required to inform their employers and prospective employers that they are participants in the DP. Upon request from the employer, they should be able to provide a copy of their initial contract with the DP, as wel... Read More

If you are concerned about a colleague at work, and you have evidence of violations of the NPA, as a nurse, you are required to file a complaint against the license of the nurse in question. This is the quickest and best way to intervene with a chemi... Read More

Nurses who request admission will be sent a new participant packet to review prior to their admission. This packet includes all the pertinent information about the requirements for participation, including a copy of the initial contract that will be ... Read More

Any R.N. or L.P.N licensed in the state of New Mexico who habitually uses or is addicted to alcohol and/or other mind-altering drugs and who requests admission into the Program.

Nurses are admitted into the Diversion Program through one of three methods. Because the program is only for chemically dependent nurses and is voluntary, the nurse must specifically request admission in writing, and indicate that they are chemically... Read More

The Diversion Program is a confidential, voluntary alternative to formal disciplinary action for nurses who may be chemically dependent because of habitual or regular use of drugs and/or alcohol.

The primary objectives of the Diversion Program are:

• To protect the health and safety of NM citizens.
• To identify chemically dependent nurses or nurses at risk for a chemical dependency before the disease progresses to the point where valuable nurses a... Read More

It is estimated that 14% of all licensed nurses are dependent on alcohol and/or other mind-altering drugs. Historically, a disciplinary approach to problems with addiction was the normal course of action in the nursing profession, as well as in other... Read More