Medication Administration. In the case that it is necessary for the registered nurse to delegate medication administration to a teacher (i.e. administering ADD medication or an EpiPen on a field trip) the delegated teacher will receive proper and timely training prior to performing the task. The teacher will receive support from the registered nurse until the teacher is comfortable performing the task and is deemed competent in the task by the registered nurse.
Medication Administration. 21. The County shall ensure that a full range of appropriate psychotropic medications is available at the Jail and that psychotropic medications are properly prescribed, monitored and documented by appropriately trained mental health professionals.
22. The County shall ensure that all medications are appropriately administered and monitored by licensed health care professionals.
Medication Administration. Are you requesting that camp staff administer an epi-pen, any over-the-counter or prescription medication during camp hours?
Medication Administration. The Jail Staff will develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all medications are appropriately prescribed, stored, controlled, dispensed, and administered in accordance with all applicable laws and through the following:
a. ensuring that initial doses of prescribed medications are delivered to inmates within 48 hours of the prescription, unless it is clinically required to deliver the medication sooner;
b. ensuring that inmates entering the Jail continue to receive previously prescribed medications or acceptable alternate medications, within 48 hours of entry, unless the facility physician makes an alternative clinical judgment;
c. ensuring that medical staff who administer medications to inmates document in the inmate’s Medical Administration Record (1) name and dosage of each dispensed medication, (2) each date and time medication is administered, and (3) the date and time for any refusal of medication; and
d. ensuring that the inmate’s unified health record is updated within one week of the end of each month to include a copy of the inmate’s Medical Administration Record for that month.
Medication Administration. Anti-psychotic medications if necessary must be prescribed by a licensed physician. Except in an emergency, anti-psychotic medication shall not be administered without the informed, written consent of the parent or legal guardian or unless judicial approval is received. Parents of Student turning 18 must obtain judicial approval, via a Xxxxxx Hearing, prior to the Student turning 18 if the Student is deemed incompetent or apparently incompetent. The School will not administer anti- psychotic medication to Student upon obtaining the age of 18 or older unless judicial approval is obtained by parent or qualified legal guardian.
Medication Administration. Oral medications will be administered at no charge. Injections or ear-administered medications will be given by one of our Doctors or Technicians for a fee. All veterinarian prescribed medications must be provided in their original containers.
Medication Administration. The Contractor is responsible for prescribing and administering medications in accordance with ordered or recommended dosage schedules, to document such provision, and to ensure that all dispensed medications are properly stored and all related duties are performed by properly licensed personnel. The Contractor shall manage the dispensed and stock supply medications to be in compliance with all applicable state and federal regulations regarding prescribing, dispensing, distributing, and administering pharmaceuticals.
Medication Administration. The County shall ensure that all medications, including psychotropic medications, are prescribed appropriately and administered in a timely manner to adequately address the serious medical and mental health needs of Detainees. The County shall ensure that Detainees who are prescribed medications for chronic illnesses that are not used on a routine schedule, including inhalers for the treatment of asthma, have access to those medications as medically appropriate. The County shall develop and implement adequate policies and procedures for medication administration and adherence. The County shall ensure that the prescribing practitioner is notified if a patient misses a medication dose on three consecutive days, and shall document that notice and take appropriate follow-up action. The County shall ensure that medication administration records are appropriately completed and maintained in each Detainee’s medical record. Without admitting prior deficiencies, the County of Oklahoma County will continue striving to provide constitutional standards of care to all detainees and inmates at the Jail.
Medication Administration. The Jail Staff will develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all medications are appropriately prescribed, stored, controlled, dispensed, and administered in accordance with all applicable laws and through the following:
a. ensuring that initial doses of prescribed medications are delivered to incarcerated persons within 48 hours of the prescription, unless it is clinically required to deliver the medication sooner;
b. ensuring that incarcerated persons entering the Jail continue to receive previously prescribed medications or acceptable alternate medications, within 24 hours of entry, unless the facility physician makes an alternative clinical judgment;
c. ensuring that medical staff who administer medications to incarcerated persons document in the incarcerated person’s Medication Administration Record (1) name and dosage of each dispensed medication, (2) each date and time medication is administered, and (3) the date and time for any refusal of medication;
d. ensuring timely referrals to a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner upon refusal of meds (e.g., 3 missed doses); and
e. ensuring that the incarcerated person’s unified health record is updated within one week of the end of each month to include a copy of the incarcerated person’s Medication Administration Record for that month.
Medication Administration. The Resident will will not administer his/her own medications. The person(s) responsible for providing medications for this Resident is/are: The person(s) responsible for monitoring the actions and side effects of medications and reporting changes to a health care professional for this Resident is/are: The Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] HIPAA established federal protection of the following basic rights for protected health information: • To right to notice of the uses and disclosures of protected health information that may be made by a provider and a resident’s right and the provider’s legal duties with respect to protected health information; • The right to obtain access to protected health information unless such access is medically contraindicated; • The right to receive an accounting of how a resident’s protected health information has been disclosed other than for payment, treatment, or health care operations; and • The right to request changes to protected health information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
