Ill. Admin. Code tit. 77, § 350.1450 - Control of Medications
a) The
facility shall comply with all federal and State laws and State regulations
relating to the procurement, storage, dispensing, administration, and disposal
of medications.
b) All Schedule II
controlled substances shall be stored so that two separate locks, using two
different keys, must be unlocked to obtain these substances. This may be
accomplished by several methods, such as locked cabinets within locked medicine
rooms; separately locked, securely fastened boxes (or drawers) within a locked
medicine cabinet; locked portable medication carts that are stored in locked
medicine rooms when not in use; or portable medication carts containing a
separate locked area within the locked medication cart, when such cart is made
immobile.
c) All medications having
an expiration date that has passed, and all medications of residents who have
been discharged or who have died, shall be disposed of in accordance with the
written policies and procedures that have been established by the facility in
accordance with Section
350.1410.
Medications shall be transferred with a resident , upon the order of the
resident 's physician , when a resident transfers to another facility. All
discontinued medications, with the exception of those products regulated and
defined as controlled substances under Section 802 of the federal Controlled
Substances Act (
21
USC 802 ), shall be returned to the
dispensing pharmacy. Medications for any resident who has been temporarily
transferred to a hospital shall be kept in the facility. Medications may be
given to a discharged resident only upon the order of the licensed
prescriber.
d) For all Schedule II
controlled substances, a controlled substances record shall be maintained that
lists on separate sheets, for each type and strength of Schedule II controlled
substance, the following information: date, time administered, name of
resident , dose, licensed perscriber's name, signature of person administering
dose, and number of doses remaining. The pharmaceutical advisory committee may
also require that other medications shall be subject to such inventory
records.
Notes
Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 5924, effective April 01, 2003
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