Section 0940-05-24-.04 - MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION IN RESIDENTIAL HABILITATION FACILITIES(1) The level of supervision during the administration of medication is commensurate with the service recipient's capability.(2) The facility must ensure that if service recipients are not capable of self-administration, medication will only be administered by personnel who are licensed or certified to administer medication in the State of Tennessee.(3) The facility must ensure that prescription medications are taken only by service recipients for whom they are prescribed, and in accordance with the directions of a physician.(4) The facility must assist with procuring and taking of prescription and non-prescription medications.(5) Drugs must be stored in a locked container, which ensures proper conditions of security and sanitation and prevents accessibility to any unauthorized person.(6) Discontinued and outdated drugs and containers with worn, illegible, or missing labels must be disposed.(7) All medication errors, drug reactions, or suspected over medications must be reported to the practitioner who prescribed the drug.(8) Evidence of the current prescription of each medication taken by a service recipient must be maintained by the facility.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-24-.04
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988. Repeal and new rule filed April 29, 2004; effective July 13, 2004.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 33-1-101, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, and 33-2-302.