Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Corrections
Chapter DOC 349 - Municipal lockup facilities
Section DOC 349.19 - Control and administration of medications
Current through August 26, 2024
The manual under s. DOC 349.16 shall contain policies and procedures relating to the control and administration of prescription and nonprescription medications, including the following components:
(1) Determination by appropriate personnel that all medications brought in by inmates or other persons for an inmate are necessary.
(2) Inventory and secured storage of all medications brought into the lockup facility.
(3) Designation of staff who are authorized to administer or who are authorized to deliver medication to inmates.
(4) Administration or delivery of prescription and nonprescription medications to inmates.
(5) Documentation of all medication administered or delivered to an inmate, including who prescribed the medication, who administered or delivered the medications and the date and time of administration or delivery. All refusals of recommended or prescribed medications by an inmate must be documented.
(6) Return of an inmate's medications inventoried at admission.
(7) Inventory or disposal of unused medications upon the inmate's release or transfer.
