The jail shall have policies and procedures relating to the control, delivery, and administration of prescription and nonprescription medications, including the following components:
- (1) A qualified health care professional shall prescribe medications and order treatments.
- (2) Designated trained staff may administer or deliver prescribed doses of medication at prescribed times. Annual documented training shall be provided to jail staff that deliver medications.
- (3) Determination by appropriate personnel that all medications brought in by inmates or other persons for an inmate are necessary.
- (4) All medications brought into the jail shall be inventoried and placed in secure storage.
- (5) Any medications kept at the jail shall be stored in a locked drug cabinet that is not accessible to inmates.
- (6) Administration or delivery of prescription and nonprescription medications to inmates.
- (7) Medication administered or delivered to an inmate shall be documented, including who prescribed the medication, who administered or delivered the medication, and the date and time of administration or delivery.
- (8) All refusals of recommended or prescribed medications by an inmate shall be documented. A health care professional shall monitor the inmate in accordance with requirements of s. 302.384, Stats.
- (9) Return of an inmate’s medications inventoried at admission.
- (10) Inventory or disposal of unused medications upon the inmate’s release or transfer.
History
History: CR 13-038: cr. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14.