§ 37:1024 — Authorized and prohibited functions of medication attendants

Louisiana § 37:1024

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§1024. Authorized and prohibited functions of medication attendants
A. The authorized functions of the medication attendant are:
(1) Deliver and administer medications ordered by a physician or
dentist to residents with the supervision of a registered nurse.
(2) Record in the client's chart doses delivered to and/or administered
to the client.
(3) Chart drug effects and side effects.
(4) Obtain vital signs as indicated or ordered.
(5) Deliver pro re nata "PRN", as needed, medications when authorized
by a licensed physician, dentist, or registered nurse. This authorization must
be documented in writing within twenty-four hours.
B. The prohibited functions of the medication attendant are:
(1) May not give medications by intramuscular, intravenous, or
subcutaneous routes.
(2) May not administer medications by the oral inhalant aerosol route
unless administering a premeasured dosage unit provided by the manufacturer.
(3) May not receive or assume responsibility for reducing to writing
oral or telephone orders from a physician.
(4) May not alter medication dosages as delivered from the pharmacy,
unless authorized by a physician or dentist.
(5) May not administer medication in an acute care unit funded or
operated by the Louisiana Department of Health and/or the Department of
Children and Family Services.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 558, §1; Acts 1977, No. 684, §9; Acts 1990, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 877, §1.