Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-200 - Small Health Care Facility - Four to Sixteen Beds
Section R432-200-19 - Medication Administration
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-200-19
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) A licensee may not use standing orders for medications, treatments or laboratory services. The licensee shall write individual orders per resident for these items.
(2)
(a) The licensee shall ensure that medication
and treatment practices comply with this section.
(b) Medication or treatment may not be
administered except on the order of a person lawfully authorized to give such
order.
(c) Medication and treatment
are administered as prescribed and according to facility policy.
(d) Any medication and treatment is
administered by a licensed physician or licensed nurse.
(e) A student doctor or nurse may administer
medication and treatment only in the course of study and when supervised by a
licensed instructor or designated staff.
(f) Monitoring of vital signs and other
observations done in conjunction with the administration of medication are
carried out as ordered by the physician or practitioner and as indicated by
accepted professional practice.
(g)
Doses are not prepared for more than one scheduled time of
administration.
(h) Medication is
administered when ordered or as soon thereafter as possible but no more than
two hours after the dose has been prepared.
(i) Medication is administered by the same
person who prepared the dose for administration.
(j) Residents are identified before the
administration of any drug or treatment.
(k) Medication is not used for any resident
other than the resident for whom it was prescribed.
(l) If the person that prescribed a
medication does not limit the duration of the drug order or the number of
doses, the licensee's automatic stop-order policy indicates how long a drug may
be administered. The licensee shall ensure the prescriber is notified before
any medication is discontinued.
(m)
Each order for treatment or therapy contains:
(i) the name of the treatment or
therapy;
(ii) the frequency and
time to be administered;
(iii) the
length of time the treatment or therapy is to continue;
(iv) the name and professional title of the
practitioner who gave the order;
(v) the date of order; and
(vi) signature of the person prescribing the
treatment or therapy.
(n)
Each nursing staff member complies with the provisions for administration of
medication according to standards and ethics of the profession.
(o) Injectable medications are administered
only by authorized personnel or:
(i) if a
physician certifies that a resident is capable of administering their own
insulin or oral medications, the resident may self-inject the prescribed
insulin or self-administer the prescribed medications; and
(ii) the physician's order, authorizing the
resident's self-administration of medications, is documented and available for
departmental review.
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