Rule 480-17-.01. Purpose

According to O.C.G.A. 16-13-72(4.2), a registered professional nurse licensed under O.C.G.A. 43-26-6 who is employed or contracted by a licensed home health agency may possess sterile saline, sterile water and diluted heparin for use as intravenous maintenance for use in a home health setting, and such nurse may administer such items to patients of the home health agency upon the order of a licensed physician. The State Board of Pharmacy shall be authorized to adopt regulations governing the storage, quantity, use and administration of such items; provided however, nothing in this paragraph or in such regulations shall be construed to restrict any authority of nurses existing under other provisions of the law. Cite as Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 480-17-.01
Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 16-13-72(4.2), 26-4-27.
History. An Emergency Chapter 480-17-0 was filed on July 2, 1971; effective July 2, 1971 for not longer than 120 days.
Emergency Chapter repealed and original Rule 480-17-.01 entitled "Narcotic Drugs-Defined" adopted. Filed October 5, 1971; effective October 25, 1971.
Repealed: New Rule entitled "Purpose" adopted. F. Feb. 20, 2002; eff. Mar. 12, 2002.