Common use of Medication Administration Clause in Contracts

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.