Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 346.24 - Medications
(1) The operational plan under s.
DOC 346.04
shall contain policies and procedures developed in consultation with health
care professionals, relating to the control, administration, and delivery of
prescription and nonprescription medications, including all of the following
components:
(a) Process by which security
staff or health care professionals verify and determine the necessity of
medications brought in by juveniles or other persons for a juvenile.
(b) Process for continuing administration of
verified medications.
(c) Process
for the inventory and secure storage of all medications brought into the
facility.
(d) Consent of a
juvenile's parent, guardian or legal custodian shall be required for treatment,
except in the event of an emergency during which a parent, guardian or legal
custodian is not available.
(e)
Administration or delivery of prescription and nonprescription medications to
juveniles, including identification of staff authorized by the facility to do
so.
(f) Documentation of the
administration or delivery of medication to a juvenile. The documentation shall
include the type and dosage of medication, the name of the practitioner who
prescribed the medication, the name of the person who administered or delivered
the medication, the date and time of administration or delivery, and any
refusal by a juvenile of recommended or prescribed medications.
(g) Return or disposal of a juvenile's unused
medications inventoried upon admission or unused non-facility provided
medications received by the juvenile after admission.
(h) Inventory and disposal of unused facility
provided medications upon the juvenile's release.
(i) Delivery of insulin for juveniles who are
insulin dependent diabetics.
(2) Drugs requiring parenteral administration
shall be prescribed by a practitioner as defined under s.
961.01(19),
Stats., and administered by a health care professional, except juveniles who
are insulin dependent diabetics may be permitted to self-administer insulin
injections.
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