Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 554 - NURSING FACILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AND MEDICAID CERTIFICATION
Subchapter P - PHARMACY SERVICES
Section 554.1503 - Additional Supervision and Consultation Requirements

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 554.1503

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The facility must provide pharmaceutical services under the responsibility and direction of the consultant pharmacist and the director of nursing.

(b) The facility must ensure that notes on the monthly visits by the consulting pharmacist are entered in the resident's clinical record.

(c) The number of hours per month the consultant pharmacist devotes to the pharmaceutical services for ordering, storage, administration, disposal, recordkeeping (documentation) of drugs and medications, and drug regimen review must be sufficient to meet the needs of the residents.

(d) A record of consultant pharmacist services, consultations, and recommendations for pharmacy procedure must be maintained at the facility.

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