North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter G - LICENSING OF FAMILY CARE HOMES
Section .1000 - MEDICATIONS
Section 13G .1005 - SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13G .1005
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The facility shall permit residents who are competent and physically able to self-administer their medications if the following requirements are met:
(1) the self-administration is ordered by a
physician or other person legally authorized to prescribe medications in North
Carolina and documented in the resident's record; and
(2) specific instructions for administration
of prescription medications are printed on the medication label.
(b) The facility shall notify the physician when:
(1) there is a change in the
resident's mental or physical ability to self-administer;
(2) the resident is non-compliant with the
physician's orders; or
(3) the
resident is non-compliant with the facility's medication policies and
procedures.
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;
Temporary
Adoption Eff. December 1, 1999;
Eff. July 1, 2000;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2022.
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