231B.21 - MEDICATION SETUP -- ADMINISTRATION AND STORAGE OF MEDICATIONS.
231B.21 MEDICATION SETUP -- ADMINISTRATION AND
STORAGE OF MEDICATIONS.
1. An elder group home may provide for medication setup if
requested by a tenant or the tenant's legal representative. If
medication setup is provided following such request, the elder group
home shall be responsible for the specific task requested and the
tenant shall retain responsibility for those tasks not requested to
be provided.
2. If medications are administered or stored by an elder group
home, or if the elder group home provides for medication setup, all
of the following shall apply:
a. If administration of medications is delegated to the elder
group home by the tenant or tenant's legal representative, the
medications shall be administered by a registered nurse, licensed
practical nurse, or advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed
or registered in Iowa or by the individual to whom such licensed or
registered individuals may properly delegate administration of
medications.
b. Medications, other than those self-administered by the
tenant or provided through medication setup, shall be stored in
locked storage that is not accessible to persons other than employees
responsible for administration or storage of medications.
c. Medications shall be labeled and maintained in compliance
with label instructions and state and federal law.
d. A person, other than a person authorized to prescribe
prescription drugs under state and federal law, shall not alter the
prescription of a tenant.
e. Medications shall be stored in their originally received
containers.
f. If medication setup is provided by the elder group home at
the request of the tenant or tenant's legal representative, or if
medication administration is delegated to the elder group home by the
tenant or tenant's legal representative, appropriate staff of the
elder group home may transfer the medications in the tenant's
presence from the original prescription container to medication
dispensing containers, reminder containers, or medication cups.
g. Elder group home assistance with medication administration
as specified in the occupancy agreement shall not require the elder
group home to provide assistance with the storage of medications. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 62, §21