Ohio Admin. Code 3701-19-21 - Medical supplies, drugs, and biologicals
(A)
Each hospice
care program shall arrange for provision of medical supplies, appliances,
drugs, and biologicals to hospice patients as needed for the palliation and
management of the patient's terminal illness and related conditions. The
program shall ensure that drugs and biologicals are available at all
times.
(B)
Each hospice care program shall ensure that drugs and
biologicals are administered only by the following individuals:
(1)
A registered
nurse, a licensed practical nurse, or a physician;
(2)
A patient or a
family member if approved by the attending physician; or
(3)
Any other
individual authorized by the Revised Code to perform this task.
(C)
The
individuals authorized to administer drugs or biologicals under paragraphs
(B)(2) and (B)(3) of this rule and the drugs or biologicals they are authorized
to administer shall be specified in the patient's plan of care.
(D)
Each hospice
care program licensed under this chapter that provides hospice care and
services in a hospice patient's home shall establish a written policy
establishing procedures to be followed in preventing the diversion of
controlled substances containing opioids that are prescribed to its hospice
patients. The policy shall include procedures for the disposal of any such
drugs prescribed to a hospice patient as part of the patient's
interdisciplinary plan of care that are relinquished to the program after the
patient's death or that otherwise are no longer needed by the patient. The
policy shall require that the disposal be documented by a program employee and
conducted in any of the following ways:.
(1)
Performed by a
program employee and witnessed by the patient or patient's family
member;
(2)
Performed by the patient or patient's family member
and witnessed by a program employee;
(3)
Performed by a
program employee and witnessed by another program employee.
(E)
Each
hospice care program shall ensure that the patient, patient's representative,
and the patient's family receive a copy of the hospice care program's written
policies and procedures along with education on the management and disposal of
controlled drugs when a controlled substance is ordered, and document such
actions in the patient's clinical record.
Replaces: 3701-19-21
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3712.03
Rule Amplifies: 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.06
Prior Effective Dates: 12/31/1990, 08/23/2009, 02/15/2015
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3712.03
Rule Amplifies: 3712.01, 3712.03, 3712.06
Prior Effective Dates: 12/31/1990, 08/23/2009, 02/15/2015
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