{"ref":"LA-HC-SVC-02","title":"Medication Reminders and Direct Service Worker Medication Administration","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets the two levels of medication help the Agency gives. Every direct care worker may give medication reminders, within strict limits. Only if the Agency chooses to offer it, a direct service worker who has completed 16 hours of medication administration training, person-specific training and written competency certification by a registered nurse may administer oral and topical medications and perform other noncomplex tasks for a client in stable condition, under LAC 48:I Chapter 92, Subchapter D.","inShort":["You may remind a client to take medicine, open the bottle, read the label and check the dose on the label.","Do not fill pill boxes, hand out pills or put medicine in the client's mouth unless an RN has trained and authorized you in writing for that client.","If you are authorized, give only the tasks the RN approved, from a labeled container, and write down each dose right away.","Tell your supervisor right away if the client refuses, runs out, takes the wrong dose or seems unwell after a medicine.","If a client is harmed by a medicine, call 911 first, then your supervisor."],"primaryCitation":"LAC 48:I.9243","citations":["LAC 48:I.5003","LAC 48:I.5079.B.1.j","LAC 48:I.5039.B.3","LAC 48:I.5055.G","LAC 48:I.9201","LAC 48:I.9202.D.1","LAC 48:I.9241","LAC 48:I.9243","LAC 48:I.9243.A.2.d","LAC 48:I.9245","LAC 48:I.9245.A.1","LAC 48:I.9247","LAC 48:I.9249","LAC 48:I.9251","LAC 48:I.9253","LAC 48:I.9255","LAC 48:I.9255.B","LAC 48:I.9257","LAC 48:I.9259","LAC 48:I.9261","La. R.S. 37:1031 et seq.","Medicaid Services Manual, Chapter 30, §30.2","OAAS-PC-21-004, Direct Service Provider Critical Incident Report Guide"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Do any of your direct service workers administer medication? Show me the RN's written competency certification for this worker.","Show me the RN assessment for this client. When was the last one?"],"forms":[{"ref":"LA-HC-SVC-02-A","title":"RN Authorization, Person-Specific Training, and Competency Certification for DSW Medication Administration"},{"ref":"LA-HC-SVC-02-B","title":"Medication Reminder and Administration Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I.9243)","5. Medication Reminders (Every Client Whose ISP Includes Them)","5.1 What the Worker Does With a Reminder","6. Deciding Whether the Agency Offers Direct Service Worker Medication Administration","7. Conditions Before Any Task Is Authorized","8. Training and Competency","8.1 Medication administration training (16 hours)","8.2 Person-specific training","8.3 Annual competency evaluation","9. Tasks an Authorized Worker May Perform","10. Giving Medication Safely","10.1 Medication errors","11. Who Does What","12. When Authorization Ends","13. Documentation the Agency Keeps","14. Responsibilities","15. Records and Compliance Monitoring","16. Staff Training","17. References","18. Related Policies and Forms","19. Approval","20. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"la-hca","state":"Louisiana","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}