Ala. Admin. Code r. 610-X-14-.01 - Definitions
(1) Abandonment:
Acceptance of a patient assignment, thus establishing a medication assistant,
certified-patient relationship, and then ending the medication assistant,
certified-patient relationship without giving reasonable notice to supervisory
personnel so that others can make arrangements for continuation of
care.
(2) Accountability: The state
of being answerable or responsible for action.
(3) Application(s): Form(s) and process(es)
for applicants seeking permits by examination, endorsement, reinstatement, or
renewal.
(a) Incomplete application: Missing
requirements.
(b) Complete
application: Meets requirements.
(c) Void application: Any incomplete
application voided due to failure by the applicant to satisfy all requirements
within one year of submission.
(4) Dual Relationship: Any time a MAC
interacts with a patient outside the MAC-patient relationship.
(5) Endorsement: The process of application
for and method of permit approval for a medication assistant, certified
originally licensed/permit as a MAC in a jurisdiction other than
Alabama.
(6) Fine: A monetary
penalty imposed by the Board.
(7)
Hospital: A facility described in Code of Ala. 1975,
Section 22-21-20(1),
other than a health maintenance organization, which has an organized medical
staff, or which employs the services of a medical director who is a physician
licensed to practice medicine in Alabama. The term hospital shall not include
the private offices of physicians or dentists, whether in individual, group,
registered corporation, or registered association practice.
(8) Lapsed permit: Failure of a MAC to renew
a permit; does not require examination for reinstatement, unless the permit is
in lapsed status for more than two (years).
(9) Legally Authorized Prescriber: Healthcare
professional who is authorized by law to prescribe medications or other
treatment modalities.
(10) Letter
of Admonishment: A letter from the Board that addresses the areas of concern
over the reported conduct and notifies the Medication Assistant, Certified or
applicant for a permit that the case has been closed without
discipline.
(11) Letter of Closure:
A letter from the Board that notifies the Medication Assistant, Certified or
applicant for a permit that the case has been closed without
discipline.
(12) May: Power,
privilege, or right retained by the Board.
(13) May not: Prohibition.
(14) Medication Assistant, Certified(MAC): A
Medication Assistant, Certified through a Board approved program and the
Medication Assistant Certification Exam (MACE) may perform limited medication
administration tasks in a licensed healthcare facility other than a mental
health residential community program or K-12 grade school program.
(15) Medication Assistant, Certified (MAC)
Assignment:
The assignment by a licensed nurse of medication administration duties to a MAC.
(16)
Negligent: Failure to exercise the care required by the applicable standard of
care.
(17) Permit: Board approval
to practice as a Medication Assistant, Certified (MAC). The MAC receives
authorization to practice as a MAC from the Board through an approved
permit.
(18) Primary Source
Verification: Verification provided directly to the Board by the entity that is
the original source of the document of educational credentials, certification,
and/or permit or an approved primary source organization recognized by the
Board.
(19) Professional Boundary:
Behavior of the MAC in maintaining a therapeutic relationship with a patient
for the patient's benefit, rather than behavior that shifts the focus to the
MAC.
(20) Reprimand: A formal
censure by the Board.
(21)
Responsibility: The charge to do something that is expected
performance.
(22) Revocation: The
withdrawal of the permit by Board action.
(23) Shall: Duty, requirement, or
condition.
(24) Standard
Precautions: Recommendations issued by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) to minimize the risk of transmission of pathogens.
(25) Supervision, Direct: Responsible
licensed nurse is physically present in the facility and readily accessible to
designate or prescribe a course of action or to give procedural guidance,
direction, and periodic evaluation. Direct supervision by a licensed nurse is
required for medication assistants, certified.
(26) Suspension: The temporary withdrawal of
the permit by Board action.
(27)
Unencumbered permit: An active permit that has no current stipulations,
conditions, or limitations.
(28)
Verification: The process of verifying original or current permit in Alabama.
The verification process shall be defined by the Board.
(29) Voluntary Surrender: The voluntary
relinquishment of a permit that has the force and effect of
revocation.
(30) Willful:
Commission of an act or omission when the Medication Assistant, Certified or
applicant knows or reasonably should know that the act or omission violates the
Chapter 21 of Title 34 of the Code of Ala.
1975.
(31)
Board-approved Medication Assistant Education Program: a program approved by
the Board to administer educational preparation for MACs. The Board may develop
guidelines for programmatic maintenance of approval and administration or
educational preparation for MACs.
Notes
Author: Alabama Board of Nursing
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยง 34-21-2.1.
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