ARM 24.159.915

ARM 24.159.915. STANDARDS RELATED TO THE MEDICATION AIDE'S RESPONSIBILITIES AS A MEMBER OF HEALTH TEAM

SupersededLast amended: 2006Length: 132 wordsOfficial source

Cite as Mont. Admin. R. 24.159.915

(1) The medication aide shall: (a) practice under the general supervision of a nurse with an unencumbered Montana license; (b) practice only in an assisted living facility as defined by 50-5-101 , MCA; (c) administer only medications that are in: (i) a unit dose package; or (ii) a prefilled medication holder; (d) administer only PRN and routine medications as defined in ARM 24.159.301; (e) administer medications only by allowable routes as defined in ARM 24.159.901, except: (i) insulin may be subcutaneously injected from a prefilled, labeled, unit dose syringe; and (f) notify the supervising nurse if: (i) the patient has a change in medication, and the medication is not available as described in (1) (c) ; or (ii) the medication aide has observed a change in the patient's physical or mental condition.
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