North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter F - LICENSING OF ADULT CARE HOMES OF SEVEN OR MORE BEDS
Section .1000 - MEDICATIONS
Section 13F .1005 - SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) An adult care home shall permit residents who are competent and physically able to self-administer their medications if the following requirements are met:
(b) When there is a change in the resident's mental or physical ability to self-administer or resident non-compliance with the physician's orders or the facility's medication policies and procedures, the facility shall notify the physician. A resident's right to refuse medications does not imply the inability of the resident to self-administer medications.
Authority
G.S.
131D-2.16;
131D-4.5;
143B-165;
Eff. July
1, 2005;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. March 6,
2018.
