(a) To the best of your knowledge, you 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) For prescription medications, you 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 (See §748.2005 of this title (relating
to May I accept verbal orders on the administration of medication?));
(4) Administer each child's medication within one hour
of preparation;
(5) Ensure the child has taken the medication as prescribed;
(6) Ensure a person trained in and authorized to administer
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 medication;
(8) Not physically force a child to take medication
except as allowed by §748.2455(a)(2)(B) of this title (relating
to What actions must a caregiver take before using a permitted type
of emergency behavior intervention?);
(9) Ensure that your employees do not provide any medication
or treatment to a child except on written orders of a health-care
professional;
(10) Not borrow or administer medication to a child
that is prescribed to another person; and
(11) Not administer medication to more than one child
from the same container. Only the child for whom the medication was
prescribed may use the medication.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §748.2003 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |