231C.16A - MEDICATION SETUP -- ADMINISTRATION AND STORAGE OF MEDICATIONS.
231C.16A MEDICATION SETUP -- ADMINISTRATION AND
STORAGE OF MEDICATIONS.
1. An assisted living program may provide for medication setup if
requested by a tenant or the tenant's legal representative. If
medication setup is provided following such request, the program
shall be responsible for the specific task requested and the tenant
shall retain responsibility for those tasks not requested to be
provided.
2. If medications are administered or stored by an assisted
living program, or if the assisted living program provides for
medication setup, all of the following shall apply:
a. If administration of medications is delegated to the
program by the tenant or tenant's legal representative, the
medications shall be administered by a registered nurse, licensed
practical nurse, or advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed
or registered in Iowa or by the individual to whom such licensed or
registered individuals may properly delegate administration of
medications.
b. Medications, other than those self-administered by the
tenant or provided through medication setup, shall be stored in
locked storage that is not accessible to persons other than employees
responsible for administration or storage of medications.
c. Medications shall be labeled and maintained in compliance
with label instructions and state and federal law.
d. A person, other than a person authorized to prescribe
prescription drugs under state and federal law, shall not alter the
prescription of a tenant.
e. Medications shall be stored in their originally received
containers.
f. If medication setup is provided by the program at the
request of the tenant or tenant's legal representative, or if
medication administration is delegated to the program by the tenant
or tenant's legal representative, appropriate staff of the program
may transfer the medications in the tenant's presence from the
original prescription container to medication dispensing containers,
reminder containers, or medication cups.
g. Program assistance with medication administration as
specified in the occupancy agreement shall not require the program to
provide assistance with the storage of medications. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 60, §18, 21