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-210-2 - Administration of medication

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Licensed
			 personnel shall administer medication in any residential facility operated,
			 licensed or funded by the department in which 16 or more persons reside except
			 that certified non-licensed personnel may administer medications in these
			 residential facilities with the prior approval of the commissioner.
(b) Licensed personnel or certified
			 non-licensed personnel may administer medication in any residential facility
			 operated, licensed or funded by the department in which 15 or fewer persons
			 reside, or in residential facilities approved in accordance with subsection
			 (aa) of section
			 17a-210-1 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, provided that investigational drugs
			 shall be administered by licensed personnel.
(c) Licensed personnel or certified
			 non-licensed personnel may administer medications to consumers who reside in
			 non-community-based residential facilities as necessary for recreational
			 activities occurring outside the residential facility in accordance with
			 subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (4) of subsection (n) of this section.
(d) Licensed personnel or certified
			 non-licensed personnel may administer medication at any day program operated or
			 funded by the department.
(e)
			 Licensed personnel or trained non-licensed personnel may administer medications
			 to consumers receiving individual and family support services in accordance
			 with the procedures and requirements established in sections
			 17a-210-1 to
			 17a-210-10,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(f) Certified non-licensed personnel shall
			 administer all medications in accordance with the written orders of the
			 licensed prescriber. If a licensed prescriber determines that the training of
			 certified non-licensed personnel is inadequate to safely administer medications
			 to a particular consumer, the licensed prescriber may order that such
			 administration be performed by licensed personnel.
(g) Trained non-licensed personnel shall
			 administer all medications according to written directions provided by the
			 licensed prescriber.
(h) No
			 over-the-counter medication may be administered by certified non-licensed
			 personnel or trained non-licensed personnel to a consumer unless a licensed
			 pre-scriber has previously approved of such administration.
(i) Prescribed medications shall only be
			 administered to or taken by the person for whom the prescription has been
			 written.
(j)
(1) Any residential, respite or day program
			 in which medications are administered by certified non-licensed personnel shall
			 have a written policy which specifies the administrative procedures to be
			 followed, the registered nurse and other employees to be notified, the local
			 poison information center telephone number, and the physician, clinic,
			 emergency room or comparable medical personnel to be contacted in the event of
			 a medication emergency. Such policy shall include a list of employees and
			 medical personnel to be contacted which is up-to-date, readily available to
			 employees and clearly indicates who is to be contacted on a 24 hour a day,
			 seven day a week basis.
(2) Any
			 trained non-licensed personnel who administers medications shall be aware of
			 the emergency procedures and contact information appropriate to the consumer
			 they support.