Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part VIII - Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual
Subpart E - Residential Agencies/Facilities/Services
Article I - Licensing/Approval
Chapter 6400 - COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
MEDICATIONS
Section 6400.161 - Self-administration
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The home 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 home 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:
The provisions of this §6400.161 amended 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)).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 6400.273 (relating to exceptions).
