New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter V - Medical Facilities
Subchapter A - Medical Facilities-minimum Standards
Article 6 - Adult Day Health Care in Residential Health Care Facilities
Part 425 - Adult Day Health Care
Section 425.18 - Pharmaceutical services
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) develop and implement written policies and procedures governing medications brought to the program site by registrants;
(b) ensure that pharmaceutical services, when provided for registrants, are in conformance with section 415.18 of this Subchapter, exclusive of the requirements of section 415.18(c);
(c) ensure that each registrant's drug regimen is reviewed at least once every six months by a registered pharmacist in accordance with the registrant's person-centered care plan and otherwise modified as needed following consultation with the registrant's attending practitioner. Any modification to the drug regimen must be documented in the registrant's clinical record and included as a revision to the registrant's person-centered care plan; and
(d) ensure that written policies and procedures require the pharmacist to report any irregularity in a registrant's drug regimen and recommendations to the registrant's attending practitioner and to the program coordinator, with appropriate documentation in the registrant's clinical record and person-centered care plan.
