| (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) For prescription medications, caregivers must:
(1) Be informed about possible side effects of medications
administered to the child;
(2) Store all medication in the original container
unless the caregiver has 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 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;
(9) Ensure that a child is not given any medication
or treatment 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 §749.1463 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7522; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9944; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |
