S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-103.1200.1201

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

Section 61-103.1200.1201 - General (I)

A. Medications, including controlled substances, medical supplies, and those items necessary for the rendering of first aid shall be available and properly managed in accordance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Such management shall address the securing, storing, and administering of medications, medical supplies, first aid supplies, and biologicals, their disposal when discontinued or outdated, and their disposition at discharge, death, or transfer of a resident.

B. There shall be an adequate number of first aid kits stored with appropriate safeguards but accessible to staff in appropriate locations such as living units, recreation and special purpose areas, buses, and otherwise. A first aid kit shall be equipped with at least an antiseptic solution, adhesive bandages, rolled bandages, gauze pads, medical adhesive tape, cotton-tip applications, and scissors.

C. Applicable reference materials published within the previous three (3) years shall be available at the facility in order to provide staff members administering medication with adequate information concerning medications.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-103.1200.1201

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/24/2016.