Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 6500.131 - Self-administration(a) An individual who has a prescribed medication shall be provided with assistance, as needed, for the individual's self-administration of the medication.(b) Assistance in the self-administration of medication includes helping the individual to remember the schedule for taking the medication, offering the individual the medication at the prescribed times, opening a medication container and storing the medication in a secure place. (c) Assistive technology shall be provided to support the individual's self-administration of medications.(d) The individual plan must identify if the individual is unable to self-administer medications.(e) To be considered able to self-administer medications, an individual shall do all of the following:(1) Recognize and distinguish the individual's medication.(2) Know how much medication is to be taken.(3) Know when the medication is to be taken. Assistance may be provided to remind the individual of the schedule and to offer the medication at the prescribed times as specified in subsection (b).(4) Take or apply the individual's own medication with or without the use of assistive technology.The provisions of this §6500.131 amended October 4, 2019, effective in 120 days, 49 Pa.B. 5777.The provisions of this §6500.131 amended under sections 201(2), 403(b), 403.1(a) and (b), 911 and 1021 of the Human Services Code (62 P.S. §§ 201(2), 403(b), 403.1(a) and (b), 911 and 1021); and section 201(2) of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (50 P.S. § 4201(2)).