§ 37:1023 — Drug administration course; certification of medication attendants; rules; instructor

§1023. Drug administration course; certification of medication attendants; rules; instructor
training courses; fees
A. Drug administration courses shall be established by the office of the secretary of
the Louisiana Department of Health in conjunction with the Louisiana State Board of
Nursing and the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners and as approved by the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. Persons who have successfully completed
the course and passed a qualifying examination shall be permitted to administer certain
medications to residents of facilities operated by the office for citizens with developmental
disabilities or community homes for persons with developmental disabilities funded through
the Louisiana Department of Health or the Department of Children and Family Services and
to persons receiving in-home Medicaid home- and community-based services and shall be
known as medication attendants. The course shall include but not be limited to instruction
of the legal aspects, roles, and responsibilities of drug administration, definitions,
terminology, classification, measurement, identification, effects, distribution, and the care
and handling of drugs.
B. Fees for the drug administration courses shall be determined by the office of the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. The cost of implementation will be
reimbursed to providers with contracts by the Louisiana Department of Health or the
Department of Children and Family Services.
C. The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the certification of medication attendants,
the renewal, suspension, or revocation of such certification, and an appeals process for
persons who have been denied certification or renewal, or whose certification has been
suspended or revoked. The department shall also promulgate rules for the assessment of fees
for instructor training courses.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 877, §1; Acts 1995, No. 668, §1; Acts 1995, No. 725, §1, eff. June 21, 1995; Acts 2013, No. 105, §1, eff. June 5, 2013.