N.J. Admin. Code § 8:37-6.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 8:37-6.1 - Supervision of self-administration of medication

(a) When necessary for the health, safety, or welfare of a resident, a designated dementia care home employee shall provide the resident with supervision of self-administration of medications.

1. A resident's need for supervision of self-administration of medications shall be determined by the resident's physician and documented in the physician certification and/or recertification required under N.J.A.C. 8:37-4.1(a).

(b) Supervision of self-administration of medicine shall not include the following services:

1. Placement or pouring of the dosage in a container for the resident;

2. Placing of medication in the mouth or the food of the resident; or

3. Administration of injections.

(c) Any employee who is designated to provide resident supervision of self-administration of medications shall receive training from a licensed registered professional nurse or a licensed pharmacist.

1. The dementia care home shall document the training provided to each employee designated to provide resident supervision of self-administration of medications in the employee's file.

(d) An employee designated to supervise a resident's self-administration of medication shall maintain a daily record of the type and amount of medication taken by every resident and the time at which the medication is taken.

1. The dementia care home shall keep the daily medication record in the resident's file.

(e) An employee designated to supervise a resident's self-administration of medication shall seek to ensure that a resident complies with the instructions of the health care practitioner who prescribed such medication and shall immediately report to such health care practitioner any deviation from such instructions or any use of other medication not prescribed or expressly allowed to be used by the health care practitioner.

1. Any deviation from the instructions of a prescribing health care practitioner that results in a change in the resident's behavior shall be immediately reported to the prescribing health care practitioner.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:37-6.1

Adopted by 49 N.J.R. 461(a), effective 2/7/2017