2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:1023 — Drug administration course; certification of medication attendants; rules; instructor training courses; fees
§1023. Drug administration course; certification of medication attendants; rules; instructor training courses; fees
A. Drug administration courses shall be established by the office of the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals in conjunction with the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners and as approved by the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals. Persons who have successfully completed the course and passed a qualifying examination shall be permitted to administer certain medications to residents of facilities operated by the office for citizens with developmental disabilities or community homes for persons with mental retardation funded through the Department of Health and Hospitals or the Department of Children and Family Services and to persons with developmental disabilities receiving in-home Medicaid waiver services and shall be known as medication attendants. The course shall include but not be limited to instruction of the legal aspects, roles, and responsibilities of drug administration, definitions, terminology, classification, measurement, identification, effects, distribution, and the care and handling of drugs.
B. Fees for the drug administration courses shall be determined by the office of the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals. The cost of implementation will be reimbursed to providers with contracts by the Department of Health and Hospitals or the Department of Children and Family Services.
C. The Department of Health and Hospitals shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the certification of medication attendants, the renewal, suspension, or revocation of such certification, and an appeals process for persons who have been denied certification or renewal, or whose certification has been suspended or revoked. The department shall also promulgate rules for the assessment of fees for instructor training courses.
Acts 1990, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 877, §1; Acts 1995, No. 668, §1; Acts 1995, No. 725, §1, eff. June 21, 1995.
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