ARSD 44:70:07:01. Policies and procedures

Each facility shall establish and implement written policies and procedures for medication control that include: (1) A requirement that each resident's prescribing physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner provide to the facility electronic or written signed orders for: (a) Any medications taken by the resident; (b) Authorization for medications kept on the person or in the room of the resident; and (c) Release of medications; (2) Provisions for proper storage of prescribed medications so that the medications are inaccessible to residents and visitors, with requirements for: (a) Separate storage of poisons, topical medications, and oral medications; (b) Each resident's medication to be stored in the container in which it was originally received and not transferred to another container; and (c) A medication prescribed for one resident not to be administered to any other resident; (3) A requirement that a designated personnel of the facility supervise any self-administration of medications by a resident, to include: (a) A description of the responsibilities of the resident, the resident's family members, and the facility personnel; and (b) The provision of written educational material explaining to the resident and the resident's family the resident's rights and responsibilities associated with self-administration; and (4) The proper disposition of medicines due to: (a) Resident discharge; (b) Resident death; (c) Outdated medication; or (d) The prescription being discontinued by the physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.