A facility shall establish and implement written policies and procedures to check the resident's medication administration records against the physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner's orders to verify accuracy. Each medication administered must be recorded in the resident's care record and signed by the individual administering the medication.

Medication errors and drug reactions must be reported to the resident's physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner and an entry made in the resident's care record.

Orders involving abbreviations and chemical symbols may be carried out only if the facility has a standard list of abbreviations and symbols, and the list is available to the nurse personnel.

A person may not administer medications prepared by another person, other than a pharmacist.

Source: 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019 ; 50 SDR 19, effective August 30, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 (9).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2019-11-26, 2012-01-09.