North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 06 - AGING - PROGRAMS OPERATIONS
Subchapter R - ADULT DAY CARE STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION
Section .0500 - PROGRAM OPERATION
Section 06R .0505 - MEDICATIONS

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 06R .0505

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) All adult day care programs shall have written policies on participant medication use, medication administration order changes and medical disposal.

(b) Medications shall be administered according to the participant's medication schedule as defined in Rule.0508(a)(4) (E) of this Section or as authorized by the participant's caregiver.

(c) A record of all medications given to each participant shall be updated at a minimum of once every quarter and as needed and shall document the following:

(1) participant's name;

(2) name, dosage, quantity and route of the medication;

(3) instructions for giving medication;

(4) date and time medication is administered; and

(5) name or initials of person giving the medication. If initials are used, a signature equivalent to those initials shall be entered on this record.

(d) Medications shall be kept in the original pharmacy containers in which they were dispensed. The containers shall be labeled with the participant's full name, the name and strength of the medicine, and dosage and instructions for administration. Medicines shall be kept in a locked location.

(e) Only adult day health or adult day care and day health combination programs shall enroll or serve participants who require intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous medications while attending the program.

Authority G.S. 131D-6; 143B-153;
Eff. July 1, 1978;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2007; March 1, 1992; January 1, 1981;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. September 6, 2016.

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