6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1011-1-24-7
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1011-1-24-7 - MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION PRACTICE STANDARDS7.1 Prescription and non-prescription medications shall be administered by qualified medication administration persons only upon written order of an authorized practitioner. Such orders shall be current for all medications. (A) New orders from an authorized practitioner shall be obtained and followed whenever a resident or client returns to the facility after an inpatient hospitalization.7.2 Non-prescription medications shall be labeled with the recipient's full name.7.3 No resident or client shall be allowed to take another's medication and staff shall not give medication to anyone other than the resident or client for whom it was ordered.7.4 Qualified medication administration persons shall not administer medication through a gastrostomy tube or administer insulin unless specifically authorized to do so pursuant to rules adopted by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing or the Department of Human Services.7.5 A qualified medication administration person shall not administer epinephrine injections unless the QMAP:(A) Has been directed to do so by a 911 emergency call operator as an urgent first aid measure, or(B) Has completed an anaphylaxis training program conducted by a nationally recognized organization and is authorized to use an epinephrine injector pursuant to section 25-47-103, C.R.S.7.6 The contents of any medication container having either no label or an illegible label shall be destroyed immediately.7.7 Medication that has a specific expiration date shall not be administered after that date.7.8 For all medications managed by a facility, there shall be documentation that discontinued, out dated, or expired medications are returned to the resident, client or legal representative with instructions for their proper disposal or promptly disposed of by the facility if the resident, client or legal representative consents.