Section DOC 346.24 - Medications(1) The operational plan under s. DOC 346.04 shall contain policies and procedures developed in consultation with health care professionals, relating to the control, administration, and delivery of prescription and nonprescription medications, including all of the following components:(a) Process by which security staff or health care professionals verify and determine the necessity of medications brought in by juveniles or other persons for a juvenile.(b) Process for continuing administration of verified medications.(c) Process for the inventory and secure storage of all medications brought into the facility.(d) Consent of a juvenile's parent, guardian or legal custodian shall be required for treatment, except in the event of an emergency during which a parent, guardian or legal custodian is not available.(e) Administration or delivery of prescription and nonprescription medications to juveniles, including identification of staff authorized by the facility to do so.(f) Documentation of the administration or delivery of medication to a juvenile. The documentation shall include the type and dosage of medication, the name of the practitioner who prescribed the medication, the name of the person who administered or delivered the medication, the date and time of administration or delivery, and any refusal by a juvenile of recommended or prescribed medications.(g) Return or disposal of a juvenile's unused medications inventoried upon admission or unused non-facility provided medications received by the juvenile after admission.(h) Inventory and disposal of unused facility provided medications upon the juvenile's release.(i) Delivery of insulin for juveniles who are insulin dependent diabetics.(2) Drugs requiring parenteral administration shall be prescribed by a practitioner as defined under s. 961.01(19), Stats., and administered by a health care professional, except juveniles who are insulin dependent diabetics may be permitted to self-administer insulin injections.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Corrections DOC 346.24
CR 09-039: cr. Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10.