231D.13A - MEDICATION SETUP -- ADMINISTRATION AND STORAGE OF MEDICATIONS.
231D.13A MEDICATION SETUP -- ADMINISTRATION AND
STORAGE OF MEDICATIONS.
1. An adult day services program may provide for medication setup
if requested by a participant or the participant's legal
representative. If medication setup is provided following such
request, the program shall be responsible for the specific task
requested and the participant shall retain responsibility for those
tasks not requested to be provided.
2. If medications are administered or stored by an adult day
services program, or if the adult day services program provides for
medication setup, all of the following shall apply:
a. If administration of medications is delegated to the
program by the participant or the participant'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
participant 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 participant.
e. Medications shall be stored in their originally received
containers.
f. If medication setup is provided by the program at the
request of the participant or the participant's legal representative,
or if medication administration is delegated to the program by the
participant or the participant's legal representative, appropriate
staff of the program may transfer the medications in the
participant'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 contractual agreement shall not require the program
to provide assistance with the storage of medications. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 61, §13, 17