W. Va. Code R. § 64-60-9 - Limitations on Medication Administration and Health Maintenance Tasks Approved Medication Assistive Personnel

9.1. The medication to be administered shall be received and maintained in the original container in which it was dispensed by a pharmacist or the physician until such time as it is administered to the resident.

9.2. No injections nor any parental medications shall be administered, except that prefilled insulin or insulin pens may be administered in non-nursing home facilities.

9.3. No irrigations nor debriding agents used in the treatment of a skin condition or minor abrasions shall be administered.

9.4. No verbal medication orders shall be accepted. No new medication or treatment orders shall be transcribed. First dosages of a new medication the individual has never taken shall not be administered in a nursing home setting. First dosages of a new medication the individual has never taken may be administered in a behavioral health center or assisted living residence setting. No medication dosages shall be converted or calculated.

9.5. Medications ordered by the prescribing practitioner to be given as needed shall be delegated only if the order is written with specific parameters which preclude independent judgment.

9.6. Delegation of tracheosto my care and ventilator care is not permitted in an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability, nursing homes, assisted living, behavioral health group home, or private residence where the resident is not residing with family, natural supports, or both.

9.7. The delegation of health maintenance tasks is prohibited in nursing homes.

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W. Va. Code R. § 64-60-9