Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part IV - Adult Services Manual
Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies/Facilities/Services
Chapter 2390 - VOCATIONAL FACILITIES
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
Section 2390.191 - Self-administration
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The facility shall provide a client who has a prescribed medication with assistance, as needed, for the client's self-administration of the medication.
(b) Assistance in the self-administration of medication includes helping the client to remember the schedule for taking the medication, offering the client the medication at the prescribed times, opening a medication container and storing the medication in a secure place.
(c) The facility shall provide or arrange for assistive technology to assist the client to self-administer medications.
(d) The individual plan must identify if the client is unable to self-administer medications.
(e) To be considered able to self-administer medications, a client shall do all of the following:
The provisions of this §2390.191 issued under sections 201(2), 403(b), 403.1(a) and (b), 911 and 1021 of the Human Services Code (62 P.S. §§ 201(2), 403(b), 403.1(a) and (b), 911 and 1021); and section 201(2) of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (50 P.S. § 4201(2)).
