Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-41-205 - Medication management
(a)
Self-administration of medication. Any resident may self-administer and manage
medications independently or by using a medication container or syringe
prefilled by a licensed nurse or pharmacist or by a family member or friend
providing this service gratuitously, if a licensed nurse has performed an
assessment and determined that the resident can perform this function safely
and accurately without staff assistance.
(1)
An assessment shall be completed before the resident initially begins
self-administration of medication, if the resident experiences a significant
change of condition, and annually.
(2) Each assessment shall include an
evaluation of the resident's physical, cognitive, and functional ability to
safely and accurately self-administer and manage medications independently or
by using a prefilled medication container or prefilled syringe.
(3) The resident's clinical record shall
contain documentation of the assessment and the determination.
(4) If a resident self-administers medication
with a pre-filled medication container or syringe, the prefilled medication
container or syringe shall have a label with the resident's name and the date
the container or syringe was prefilled. The label, or a medication
administration record provided to the resident, shall also include the name and
dosage of each medication and the time or event at which the medication is to
be self-administered. Facility staff may remind residents to take medications
or inquire as to whether medications were taken.
(b) Administration of select medications. Any
resident who self-administers medication may select some medications to be
administered by a licensed nurse or medication aide. The negotiated service
agreement shall reflect this service and identify who is responsible for the
administration and management of selected medications.
(c) Administration of medication by family or
friends. Any resident may choose to have personal medication administered by
family members or friends gratuitously, pursuant to
K.S.A.
65-1124 and amendments thereto.
(d) Facility administration of resident's
medications. If a facility is responsible for the administration of a
resident's medications, the administrator or operator shall ensure that all
medications and biologicals are administered to that resident in accordance
with a medical care provider's written order, professional standards of
practice, and each manufacturer's recommendations. The administrator or
operator shall ensure that all of the following are met:
(1) Only licensed nurses and medication aides
shall administer and manage medications for which the facility has
responsibility.
(2) Medication
aides shall not administer medication through the parenteral route.
(3) A licensed nurse or medication aide shall
perform the following:
(A) Administer only the
medication that the licensed nurse or medication aide has personally
prepared;
(B) identify the resident
before medication is administered;
(C) remain with the resident until the
medication is ingested or applied; and
(D) document the administration of each
resident's medication in the resident's medication administration record
immediately before or following completion of the task. If the medication
administration record identifies only time intervals or events for the
administration of medication, the licensed nurse or medication aide shall
document the actual clock time the medication is administered.
(4) Any licensed nurse may
delegate nursing procedures not included in the medication aide curriculum to
medication aides under the Kansas nurse practice act,
K.S.A.
65-1124 and amendments thereto.
(e) Medication orders. Only a
licensed nurse or a licensed pharmacist may receive verbal orders for
medication from a medical care provider. The licensed nurse shall ensure that
all verbal orders are signed by the medical care provider within seven working
days of receipt of the verbal order.
(f) Standing orders. Only a licensed nurse
shall make the decision for implementation of standing orders for specified
medications and treatments formulated and signed by the resident's medical care
provider. Standing orders of medications shall not include orders for the
administration of schedule II medications or psychophar-macological
medications.
(g) Ordering,
labeling, and identifying. All medications and biologicals administered by
licensed nurses or medication aides shall be ordered from a pharmacy pursuant
to a medical care provider's written order.
(1) Any resident who self-administers and
manages personal medications may request that a licensed nurse or medication
aide reorder the resident's medication from a pharmacy of the resident's
choice.
(2) Each prescription
medication container shall have a label that was provided by a dispensing
pharmacist or affixed to the container by a dispensing pharmacist in accordance
with K.A.R. 68-7-14.
(3) A licensed
nurse or medication aide may accept over-the-counter medication only in its
original, unbroken manufacturer's package. A licensed pharmacist or licensed
nurse shall place the full name of the resident on the package. If the original
manufacturer's package of an over-the-counter medication contains a medication
in a container, bottle, or tube that can be removed from the original package,
the licensed pharmacist or a licensed nurse shall place the full name of the
resident on both the original manufacturer's medication package and the
medication container.
(4) Licensed
nurses and medication aides may administer sample medications and medications
from indigent medication programs if the administrator or operator ensures the
development of policies and implementation of procedures for receiving and
identifying sample medications and medications from indigent medication
programs that include all of the following conditions:
(A) The medication is not a controlled
medication.
(B) A medical care
provider's written order accompanies the medication, stating the resident's
name; the medication name, strength, dosage, route, and frequency of
administration; and any cautionary instructions regarding
administration.
(C) A licensed
nurse or medication aide receives the medication in its original, unbroken
manufacturer's package.
(D) A
licensed nurse documents receipt of the medication by entering the resident's
name and the medication name, strength, and quantity into a log.
(E) A licensed nurse places identification
information on the medication or package containing the medication that
includes the medical care provider's name; the resident's name; the medication
name, strength, dosage, route, and frequency of administration; and any
cautionary instructions as documented on the medical care provider's order.
Facility staff consisting of either two licensed nurses or a licensed nurse and
a medication aide shall verify that the information on the medication matches
the information on the medical care provider's order.
(F) A licensed nurse informs the resident or
the resident's legal representative that the medication did not go through the
usual process of labeling and initial review by a licensed pharmacist pursuant
to K.S.A.
65-1642 and amendments thereto, which
requires the identification of both adverse drug interactions or reactions and
potential allergies. The resident's clinical record shall contain documentation
that the resident or the resident's legal representative has received the
information and accepted the risk of potential adverse consequences.
(h) Storage. Licensed
nurses and medication aides shall ensure that all medications and biologicals
are securely and properly stored in accordance with each manufacturer's
recommendations or those of the pharmacy provider and with federal and state
laws and regulations.
(1) Licensed nurses or
medication aides shall store non-controlled medications and biologicals managed
by the facility in a locked medication room, cabinet, or medication cart.
Licensed nurses and medication aides shall store controlled medications managed
by the facility in separately locked compartments within a locked medication
room, cabinet, or medication cart. Only licensed nurses and medication aides
shall have access to the stored medications and biologicals.
(2) Each resident managing and
self-administering medication shall store medications in a place that is
accessible only to the resident, licensed nurses, and medication
aides.
(3) Any resident who
self-administers medication and is unable to provide proper storage as
recommended by the manufacturer or pharmacy provider may request that the
medication be stored by the facility.
(4) A licensed nurse or medication aide shall
not administer medication beyond the manufacturer's or pharmacy provider's
recommended date of expiration.
(i) Accountability and disposition of
medications. Licensed nurses and medication aides shall maintain records of the
receipt and disposition of all medications managed by the facility in
sufficient detail for an accurate reconciliation.
(1) Records shall be maintained documenting
the destruction of any deteriorated, outdated, or discontinued controlled
medications and biologicals according to acceptable standards of practice by
one of the following combinations:
(A) Two
licensed nurses; or
(B) a licensed
nurse and a licensed pharmacist.
(2) Records shall be maintained documenting
the destruction of any deteriorated, outdated, or discontinued non-controlled
medications and biologicals according to acceptable standards of practice by
any of the following combinations:
(A) Two
licensed nurses;
(B) a licensed
nurse and a medication aide;
(C) a
licensed nurse and a licensed pharmacist; or
(D) a medication aide and a licensed
pharmacist.
(j) Medications sent for short-term absence.
A licensed nurse or medication aide shall provide the resident's medication to
the resident or the designated responsible party for the resident's short-term
absences from the facility, upon request.
(k) Clinical record. The administrator or
operator, or the designee, shall ensure that the clinical record of each
resident for whom the facility manages medication or prefills medication
containers or syringes contains the following documentation:
(1) A medical care provider's order for each
medication;
(2) the name of the
pharmacy provider of the resident's choice;
(3) any known medication allergies;
and
(4) the date and the 12-hour or
24-hour clock time any medication is administered to the resident.
(l) Medication regimen review. A
licensed pharmacist shall conduct a medication regimen review at least
quarterly for each resident whose medication is managed by the facility and
each time the resident experiences any significant change in condition.
(1) The medication regimen review shall
identify any potential or current medication-related problems, including the
following:
(A) Lack of clinical indication for
use of medication;
(B) the use of a
subtherapeutic dose of any medication;
(C) failure of the resident to receive an
ordered medication;
(D) medications
administered in excessive dosage, including duplicate therapy;
(E) medications administered in excessive
duration;
(F) adverse medication
reactions;
(G) medication
interactions; and
(H) lack of
adequate monitoring.
(2)
The licensed pharmacist or licensed nurse shall notify the medical care
provider upon discovery of any variance identified in the medication regimen
review that requires immediate action by the medical care provider. The
licensed pharmacist shall notify a licensed nurse within 48 hours of any
variance identified in the resident's regimen review that does not require
immediate action by the medical care provider and specify a time within which
the licensed nurse must notify the resident's medical care provider. The
licensed nurse shall seek a response from the medical care provider within five
working days of the medical care provider's notification of a
variance.
(3) The administrator or
operator, or the designee, shall ensure that the medication regimen review is
kept in each resident's clinical record.
(4) The administrator or operator, or the
designee, shall offer each resident who self-administers medication a
medication regimen review to be conducted by a licensed pharmacist at least
quarterly and each time a resident experiences a significant change in
condition. A licensed nurse shall document the resident's decision in the
resident's clinical record.
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