New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 27A - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES NOT LOCATED WITH, AND OPERATED BY, LICENSED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 10 - MEDICATIONS
Section 5:27A-10.1 - Self-administration of medications
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:27A-10.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A designated employee shall provide supervision and/or assistance during a resident's self-administration of medications in accordance with the prescriber's orders. Prior to providing such assistance, the designated employee shall be trained by the health maintenance and monitoring director, the provider pharmacist, or the consultant pharmacist.
1. The facility shall document the provision of training to each employee who has been designated to provide resident supervision and/or assistance with self-administration of medications.
2. The facility shall maintain a daily record of the type and amount of medication taken by the resident and the time at which such medication is taken.
(b) In facilities where there is a licensed staff nurse on site who is provided by the facility to administer medications, each resident has the option to choose either to have the nurse administer medications, in accordance with professional nursing standards of practice, or to self-administer the medications.
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