LAC 22:I.911
LAC 22:I.911. Medication Administration Course [Formerly §511]
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 22, pt. I, § 911
A. Each person accepted to participate in the medication administration course shall meet at minimum, the following qualifications:
1. be employed by the detention facility;
2. be 18 years of age or older;
3. be free of any known contagious disease, such as Hepatitis B.
B. The following individuals are qualified to serve as instructors in the unlicensed employees medication administration course:
1. registered nurse with a minimum of one year clinical experience, preferably in detention centers or school settings;
2. other professional personnel may assist the registered nurse in training:
a. a pharmacist;
b. a physician;
c. other registered nurses with a minimum of one year clinical experience;
d. competent health care professionals have the ability to teach detention center personnel;
3. competent health care professionals have the ability to monitor untoward side effects of medication;
4. instructors have the knowledge of proper storage of medication in detention centers;
5. instructors have the ability to develop child specific training appropriate to juvenile's individual health plan and the trainee's abilities.