The New Mexico Health Department must revise a provision enacted in March allowing nursing homes to make their own rules regarding visitor bans, State District Judge Matthew Wilson ordered Monday after hearing Hein's case, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. The public health order regarding visitation must be revised in consideration of the constitutional rights of residents and families, he ruled. NURSING HOMES PREPARE FOR HISTORIC VACCINATION EFFORTHein's wife, 80-year-old Ann Severine, was living with dementia at the memory care unit in the El Castillo retirement community in Santa Fe. Hein and his attorney, Pierre Levy, argued that New Mexico's provision, which prevented Hein from visiting his wife in person, is unconstitutional. Hein's mother died just weeks before he and Levy filed the petition challenging the New Mexico rule, SFNM reported.

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