Medication administration is the administration of medications, other than by the parenteral route or nasogastric tube, under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse. The steps in medication administration include:

1. (1) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, labeled container, including a unit dose container;
2. (2) Verifying dose with the physician's order or medication administration record;
3. (3) Giving the individual dose to whom it is prescribed; and

4. (4) Documenting the time, person's name giving the dose, and the dose given.

   A copy of a physician's order or prescription for each medication being administered must be kept at the provider of direct HCB services.

Source: 40 SDR 102, effective December 3, 2013; 43 SDR 9, effective August 2, 2016.

General Authority: SDCL 27B-2-26(1) , 36-9-28(10).

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-9-28(10).

Prior versions effective: 2013-12-03.