Subpart 1.
Authorization.
The director of nursing services may delegate medication
administration to unlicensed personnel according to Minnesota Statutes,
sections
148.171,
subdivision 15, and 148.262, subdivision 7.
Subp. 2.
Training.
Unlicensed nursing personnel who administer medications in a
nursing home must:
A. have completed a
nursing assistant training program approved by the department; and
B. have completed a standardized medication
administration training program for unlicensed personnel in nursing homes which
is offered through a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution that
includes, at a minimum, instruction on the following:
(1) the complete procedure of checking the
resident's medication record;
(2)
preparation of the medication for administration;
(3) administration of the medication to the
resident;
(4) assisting residents
with self-administration as necessary;
(5) documentation after administration of the
date, time, dosage, and method of administration of all medications, or the
reason for not administering the medication as ordered, and the signature of
the nurse or authorized person who administered and observed the same;
and
(6) the type of information
regarding medication administration reportable to a nurse.
Subp. 3.
Documentation of
training course.
A nursing home must keep written documentation verifying
completion of the required course by all unlicensed nursing personnel
administering medications.
Subp.
4.
Medication administration.
A person who completes the required training course, and has
been delegated the responsibility, may administer medication, whether oral,
suppository, eye drops, ear drops, inhalant, or topical, if:
A. the medications are regularly scheduled;
and
B. in the case of pro re nata
(PRN) medications, the administration of the medication is authorized by a
nurse or reported to a nurse within a time period that is specified by nursing
home policy prior to the administration.
Notes
Minn. R. agency
144, ch. 4658, MEDICATIONS, pt.
4658.1360
20 SR 303;
L
1999 c 172
s
18
Statutory Authority: MS s
144A.04;
144A.08;
256B.431
