RS 37:1024

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RS 37:1024

§1024. Authorized and prohibited functions of medication attendants

A. The authorized functions of the medication attendant are:

(1)Deliver and administer medications ordered by a physician or dentist to residents with the supervision of a registered nurse.

(2)Record in the client's chart doses delivered to and/or administered to the client.

(3)Chart drug effects and side effects.

(4)Obtain vital signs as indicated or ordered.

(5)Deliver pro re nata "PRN", as needed, medications when authorized by a licensed physician, dentist, or registered nurse. This authorization must be documented in writing within twenty-four hours.

B. The prohibited functions of the medication attendant are:

(1)May not give medications by intramuscular, intravenous, or subcutaneous routes.

(2)May not administer medications by the oral inhalant aerosol route unless administering a premeasured dosage unit provided by the manufacturer.

(3)May not receive or assume responsibility for reducing to writing oral or telephone orders from a physician.

(4)May not alter medication dosages as delivered from the pharmacy, unless authorized by a physician or dentist.

(5)May not administer medication in an acute care unit funded or operated by the Louisiana Department of Health and/or the Department of Children and Family Services.

Acts 1976, No. 558, §1; Acts 1977, No. 684, §9; Acts 1990, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 877, §1.