Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 210 - Administration of Medications: Residential Facilities, Respite Centers, Day Programs, Community Training Homes, and Individual and Family Supports › Section 17a-210-5 - Storage and disposal of medications in residential facilities, respite centers and day programs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All
			 medications, except for controlled medications, shall be kept in a locked
			 container, cabinet or closet used exclusively for the purpose of storage of
			 medications. Medications for internal use shall be stored separately from
			 substances that are for external administration. All controlled medications
			 shall be stored in accordance with section
			 21a-262-9
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Each residential facility,
			 respite center and day program shall have counting procedures in place to
			 ensure the correct disposition of controlled medications.
(b) Medications requiring refrigeration shall
			 be stored separately from food. If a separate, locked refrigerator is not
			 available, these medications may be placed in a locked container in the same
			 refrigerator in which food is stored. The temperature of the refrigerator shall
			 be maintained between 36-46 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) Access to medications shall be limited to
			 persons authorized to administer medications. Each residential facility,
			 respite center and day program in which certified non-licensed personnel may
			 administer medication shall maintain a copy of each person's current
			 certificate to administer medications at each site where such administration
			 occurs.
(d) Medications for
			 consumers who are permitted to self-administer medication in accordance with
			 subsection (ee) of section
			 17a-210-1 and section
			 17a-210-4
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be stored in such a way
			 as to make them inaccessible to other consumers. Such medications shall be
			 stored in a locked container or locked area unless the supervising nurse makes
			 a determination that unlocked storage of the medication poses no threat to the
			 health or safety of the consumer or other consumers.
(e) All medications shall be stored in
			 labeled containers from a pharmacy.
(f) Unused, outdated or unlabeled
			 non-controlled medications shall be destroyed in a non-recoverable manner by
			 licensed or certified non-licensed personnel in the presence of at least one
			 (1) witness. Non-controlled medication destruction shall be documented by
			 program or facility staff in the records maintained by the program or the
			 residential facility.
(g) In
			 community-based residential facilities, unused, outdated or unlabeled
			 controlled medications shall be destroyed in a non-recoverable manner by
			 licensed personnel in the presence of at least one (1) witness. In
			 non-community-based residential facilities, the Department of Consumer
			 Protection shall be notified in order to destroy in a non-recoverable manner
			 unused, outdated or unlabeled controlled medications. The destruction of
			 controlled medications shall be recorded on the appropriate documentation forms
			 and on the receipt and disposition forms by program or facility staff in the
			 records maintained by the residential facility.
(h) Trained non-licensed personnel shall not
			 dispose of any medications.
(i)
			 Licensed personnel, certified non-licensed personnel and trained non-licensed
			 personnel shall follow applicable state and federal statutes and regulations
			 regarding the handling and administration of controlled medications.