N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 492.8 - Support services
(a)
Participants must be observed throughout the time spent in the nonresident
services program for symptoms of illness or injury.
(b) The operator must make advance
arrangements for the care of participants who become ill or are injured while
receiving nonresident services. Such arrangements must include:
(1) immediate notification of the
participant's caregiver or representative;
(2) provision for emergency medical care or
first aid; and
(3) notification of
the participant's physician.
(c) Specific instructions obtained from a
physician for the care of persons with special medical problems or needs must
be written on their records and followed.
(d) Participants must be permitted to retain
and self-administer their own medications provided their physicians have
certified, in writing, that they are capable of doing so.
(e) Self-administration of medication means
that the person for whom a medication is prescribed is able to:
(1) correctly read the label on the
medication container;
(2) correctly
interpret the label;
(3) correctly
ingest, inject or apply the medication, whichever is appropriate;
(4) correctly follow instructions as to the
time and/or frequency of taking the medications; and
(5) obtain the medication.
(f) For participants who require,
by order of their physicians, assistance with self-administration of
medication, the operator may:
(1) remind the
participant when it is time to take the medication;
(2) read the label to the
participant;
(3) help the
participant to open the container;
(4) observe the participant to see that the
correct dosage is being taken, according to the prescription. Neither the
operator nor staff of a nonresident services program can administer medication
to a participant in the program.
(g) If a participant is assisted in the
administration of medications, a record must be kept for each participant in
accordance with applicable provisions of sections
487.7 and
488.7 of this
Title.
(h) Medication kept by a
facility for a participant must be stored in accordance with applicable
provisions of sections
487.7 and
488.7 of this
Title.
(i) Medication kept by the
facility must be returned to the participant, caregiver or sponsor:
(1) when the participant leaves the program
on a permanent basis;
(2) when a
physician changes a medication order;
(3) upon the occurrence of the expiration
date; or
(4) when the container is
empty.
Notes
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