WAC 388-76-10435. Medication refusal

(1) Each resident has the right to refuse to take medications. (2) If the adult family home is assisting with or administering a resident's medications and the resident refuses to take or does not receive a prescribed medication: (a) The home must notify the resident's practitioner; unless (b) The provider, entity representative, resident manager or caregiver is a nurse or other health professional, acting within their scope of practice, is able to make a judgment about the impact of the resident's refusal. (3) If the home becomes aware that a resident who self-administers, or takes their own medications, refuses to take a prescribed medication: (a) The home must notify the practitioner; unless (b) The provider, entity representative, resident manager or caregiver is a nurse or other health professional, acting within their scope of practice, is able to make a judgment about the impact of the resident's refusal.