S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-78.1600.1601

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-78.1600.1601 - General (I)

A. Medications, including controlled substances, medical supplies, and those items necessary for the rendering of first aid shall be 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of medications, medical supplies, first aid supplies, and biologicals, their disposal when discontinued or outdated, and their disposition at discharge, death, or transfer of a patient.

B. The Hospice Facility shall provide appropriate methods and procedures for the dispensing and administering of medications or biologicals. Whether medications or biologicals are obtained from community or institutional pharmacies or stocked by the Hospice Facility, the Hospice Facility is responsible for ensuring the availability of medications and biologicals for its patients and for ensuring that pharmaceutical services are provided in accordance with accepted professional principles and appropriate federal, state, and local laws.

C. Applicable reference materials, such as Physician's Desk Reference (PDR), current Drug Reference Book, published within the previous year shall be available at the Hospice Facility in order to provide staff members and volunteers with adequate information concerning medications.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-78.1600.1601

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016.