Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part VIII - Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual
Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management
Chapter 6100 - SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR AUTISM
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
Section 6100.461 - Self-administration
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 52, December 28, 2024
(a) The provider shall provide an individual who has a prescribed medication with assistance, as needed, for the individual's self-administration of the medication.
(b) Assistance in the self-administration of medication includes helping the individual to remember the schedule for taking the medication, offering the individual the medication at the prescribed times, opening a medication container and storing the medication in a secure place.
(c) The provider shall provide or arrange for assistive technology to assist the individual to self-administer medications.
(d) The individual plan must identify if the individual is unable to self-administer medications.
(e) To be considered able to self-administer medications, an individual shall do all of the following:
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 6100.469 (relating to exceptions); 55 Pa. Code § 6100.802 (relating to support coordination, targeted support management and base-funding support coordination); 55 Pa. Code § 6100.803 (relating to organized health care delivery system); and 55 Pa. Code § 6100.804 (relating to base-funding).
