Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 145 - Operation of Child-Caring Agencies and Facilities › Children's Homes or Similar Institutions, Residential Treatment Facilities, Group Homes, and Temporary Shelters › Section 17a-145-75 - Health and medical treatment. Administration of first aid. Prescription medication. Administration of medicine or treatment. Written records. Storage of drugs, medicines, and instruments. Sick room, telephone

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The facility shall provide for the health
				and medical treatment needs of children by having a written plan which
				specifies the arrangements for the provision of preventive, routine, elective
				and emergency medical care. The facility shall provide or arrange for qualified
				medical care for its residents, including medical emergency treatment, on a
				24-hour, 7-day-a-week basis.
(b)
				There shall be written policies and procedures, reviewed by a physician at
				least quarterly, for the administration of first-aid; care of residents with
				minor illnesses, injuries or special conditions; and for the administration or
				use by residents of patent medicines.
(c) The facility shall only permit
				prescription medication to be administered to a child upon the written order of
				a licensed physician who has examined the child in an appropriate manner for
				the condition and its treatment. Orders for prescription medication should be
				reviewed at intervals appropriate for that child and his/her treatment, as
				specified in writing by a physician, and at least quarterly.
(d) The facility shall permit only staff who
				have been fully instructed in the proper administration, expected and untoward
				effects, and contraindications to continued administration of a prescribed
				medicine or treatment to administer that medicine or treatment. The facility
				shall have a written policy specifying the criteria used for designating staff
				to administer medication and a written plan for training staff. The facility
				shall maintain a current, written roster of staff designated to administer
				medication. There shall be periodic reviews and updating of staff's knowledge
				about medication and other treatments and their administration.
(e) A written record shall be kept of the
				administration of all prescriptive and non-prescriptive medicine to a resident,
				identifying the medicine and dosage, time of administration and the person who
				administered the medicine.
(f) All
				drugs, medicines and medical instruments shall be kept in a locked cabinet
				accessible only to designated staff members. A resident may keep and administer
				prescribed medicines himself only with the written approval of a physician and
				the agreement of designated staff that this practice would not be a risk for
				other children in residence.
(g)
				The facility shall ensure that residents, in the event of sickness have an area
				which is comfortable, safe and allows appropriate privacy.
(h) A telephone with posted emergency medical
				and poison information numbers shall be available in all health care
				areas.