Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification
Subchapter 13 - Certified Medication Aides
Section 310:677-13-11 - Facility policies and procedures
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:677-13-11
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) If a facility uses certified medication aides, facility policies and procedures shall address:
(1) Methods that the facility,
center or home uses to ensure that training, skill validation, and task
assignment procedures are approved and implemented;
(2) Licensed supervision, oversight and
availability;
(3) Staff
intervention during an emergency;
(4) Procedures for responding when a resident
experiences a change in condition, demonstrates side effects or does not
respond to the medication regimen as identified in the plan of care;
(5) Documentation that must be
maintained;
(6) Reporting errors to
licensed nurses and/or physicians; and
(7) Reporting violations of 63 O.S. Section
1-1950.3(E)
and OAC 310:677 to the State Health Department.
(b) If a facility uses certified medication aides that have completed an advanced training program and demonstrated competency for care of diabetes or other specialized training modules, the facility policies and procedures shall address subsection (a) of this section and:
(1) Standards for monitoring and
assessments of residents by a registered nurse or physician, including:
(A) Frequency of monitoring and
assessment;
(B) Distinguishing
between Type I and Type II diabetes, and stable and unstable
diabetes;
(2) Validating
CMA skills before the CMA performs medication administration, and annual
reviews of CMA performance competency and proficiency by the facility
nurse;
(3) Procedures for blood
sugar testing;
(4) Collecting
data;
(5) Charting, graphing and
recording data;
(6) Standards for
reporting to the licensed nurse or physician on a timely basis, including:
(A) Recognition of abnormal resident
reactions;
(B) Contact procedures,
on-call hours, and response times; and
(C) Medication administration errors,
including the wrong patient, drug, date, time, dosage, route or form;
(7) Contacting emergency medical
services;
(8) Training, orientation
and delegation of tasks from the facility's nurse;
(9) Drawing up insulin;
(10) Following physician orders, including
use of sliding scale orders prescribed by physicians;
(11) Safety and infection control;
and
(12) Minimum qualifications for
CMAs and facility screening of applicants, to include assurance that each
certified medication aide has the physical and mental capability to safely
perform duties.
Added at 23 Ok Reg 559, eff 12-22-05 (emergency); Added at 23 Ok Reg 2422, eff 6-25-06
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