440 IAC 7.5-2-9 - Medication
Authority: IC 12-21-2-3
Affected: IC 12-22-2
Sec. 9.
(a) Agencies
having residential living facilities shall establish and enforce written
policies and procedures for the self-administration and monitoring of
medication for residents.
(b) The
written medication policies shall include the following:
(1) How the goal of self-medication for
residents is to be achieved.
(2)
For residents who are totally self-medicating, the agency must have a procedure
for:
(A) monitoring the resident's use of
medication;
(B) ensuring adequate
supplies; and
(C) providing safe
storage of medication.
(3) When assistance is required by the
resident:
(A) how residents who need
assistance with medication will receive it;
(B) how the agency will store medications for
the residents; and
(C) how the
agency will dispose of medications no longer needed or remaining after any
expiration date.
(4) How
monitoring will be implemented.
(5)
What documentation is required regarding medication.
(c) The policies and procedures established
in this section shall be:
(1) developed in
consultation with a nurse, pharmacist, or physician; and
(2) approved by the
agency.
(d) Each
residential facility shall administer or monitor prescription medications with
the direction of a physician. Nonprescription drugs as needed may be used by an
adult resident unless the resident's physician specifies otherwise.
(e) Only staff who are authorized to
administer medication under state law and in accordance with the requirements
of the accrediting body may administer medication.
(f) The facility shall train all staff and
householders about the following:
(1)
Medications used by their residents.
(2) The purposes and functions of the
medications.
(3) Major side effects
and contraindications.
(4)
Recognition of signs that medication is:
(A)
not being taken;
(B) being misused;
or
(C) ineffective.
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