Medication assistant requirements for supervision

An individual on the department's nurse aide registry may perform medication administration that has been delegated by a licensed nurse. 1. In a nursing facility, the medication assistant may perform medication assistance only when a licensed nurse is on the unit and available for immediate direction. 2. In a health care facility where the licensed nurse delegates the intervention of giving medications to another individual, the individual on the department's nurse aide's registry may perform the delegated medication assistance only when a licensed nurse is available for direction. 3. In any other setting where the licensed nurse delegates the intervention of medication administration to another individual, the individual on the department's nurse aide registry may perform the delegated medication administration only if the licensed nurse has established in writing the process for providing the supervision in order to provide safeguards for the individual receiving the medication. 4. Individuals on the department's nurse aide registry may not be delegated to or perform medication administration in acute care settings or for individuals with unstable or changing nursing care needs. 5. The medication assistant requirements in this chapter do not apply to an individual who provides medication administration that is not registered under this chapter and is: a. Within a correctional facility, in compliance with North Dakota Century Code section 12-44.1-29; b. Within a psychiatric residential treatment facility for children licensed under North Dakota Century Code chapter 25-03.2 and North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 75-03-17; c. Within a treatment or care center for intellectual or developmentally disabled persons licensed under North Dakota Century Code chapter 25-16; d. Within a group home, a residential child care facility, or an adult foster care facility licensed under North Dakota Century Code section 50-11-01 or North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 75-03-16; e. Within the development center at Westwood Park, Grafton, to the extent the individual who provides medications is a direct training technician or a vocational training technician as approved by the department of human services; or f. Within a human service center licensed under North Dakota Century Code chapter 50-06.