§749.1463: What medication requirements must caregivers meet?

(a) To the best of their knowledge, caregivers must inform the person legally authorized to give medical consent of the benefits, risks, and side effects of all prescription medication and treatment procedures used and the medical consequences of refusing them, and/or provide the name and telephone number of the prescribing health-care professional for more information.

(b) Caregivers must:

(1) Be informed about possible side effects of medications administered to the child;

(2) Store all medication in the original container unless you have an additional container with the same label and instructions;

(3) Administer all medications according to the instructions on the label or according to a prescribing health-care professional's subsequent signed orders;

(4) Administer each child's medication immediately after preparation;

(5) Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed;

(6) Ensure a person trained in and authorized to administer prescription medication administers the medication to a child in care unless the child is on a self-medication program;

(7) Maintain any documentation provided by the health-care professional on the administration of current prescription medication;

(8) Not physically force a child to take prescription medication;

(9) Ensure that your employees do not provide any prescription medication or treatment to a child except on written orders of a health-care professional;

(10) Not borrow or administer prescription medication to a child that is prescribed to another person; and

(11) Not administer prescription medication to more than one child from the same container. Only the child for whom the prescription medication was prescribed may use the medication.

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Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1463 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469