(a)
- (1) An EIDT must develop a medication management plan for all clients with prescribed medication that may be administered at the EIDT.
(2) A medication management plan must include without limitation:
- (A) The name of each medication;
- (B) The name of the prescribing physician or other healthcare professional if the medication is by prescription;
- (C) A description of each medication prescribed and any symptom or symptoms to be addressed by each medication;
- (D) How each medication will be administered, including without limitation:
(i) Times of administration;
(ii) Doses;
(iii) Delivery; and
- (iv) Persons that may lawfully administer each medication;
- (E) How each medication will be charted;
- (F) A list of the potential side effects caused by each medication; and
- (G) The consent to the administration of each medication by the client or, if the client lacks capacity to consent, by the client’s legal guardian or custodian.
(b)
- (1) An EIDT must maintain a medication log detailing the administration of all medication to a client, including without limitation prescribed medication and over-the-counter medications.
(2) Each medication log must be uniformly organized and document the following for each administration of a medication:
- (A) The name and dosage of medication administered;
- (B) The symptom for which the medication was used to address;
- (C) The method the medication was administered;
- (D) The date and time the medication was administered;
- (E) The name of the employee who administered the medication or assisted in the administration of the medication;
- (F) Any adverse reaction or other side effect from the medication;
- (G) Any transfer of medication from its original container into individual dosage containers by the client’s custodian or legal guardian;
- (H) Any error in administering the medication and the name of the supervisor to which the error was reported; and
- (I) The prescription and the name of the prescribing physician or other healthcare professional if the medication was not previously listed in the medication management plan.
(3) Medication errors must be:
- (A) Immediately reported to a supervisor;
- (B) Documented in the medication log; and
(C) Reported as required under all applicable laws and rules including without limitation the laws and rules governing controlled substances.
- (c) All medications stored for a client by an EIDT must be:
- (1) Kept in the original medication container unless the client’s custodian or legal guardian transfers the medication into individual dosage containers;
- (2) Labeled with the client’s name;
- (3) Stored in an area, medication cart, or container that is always locked; and
(4) Returned to a client’s custodian or legal guardian, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with applicable laws and rules if the medication is no longer to be administered to a client.
- (d) An EIDT must store all medications requiring cold storage in a separate refrigerator that is used only for the purpose of storing medications.