2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 — Professions and occupations
RS 37:1025 — Qualifications of applicants to the drug administration course

§1025. Qualifications of applicants to the drug administration course

A. Each person accepted to participate in the drug administration course shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state and in addition:

(1) Must be employed in a facility operated by the office for citizens with developmental disabilities, in a community home for persons with mental retardation funded through the Department of Health and Hospitals or the Department of Children and Family Services, or in an intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities, or be a person who provides in-home Medicaid waiver services to a person with a developmental disability.

(2) Must be at least eighteen years of age.

(3) Must be able to read, write, and comprehend the English language.

(4) Must be free of communicable diseases and in suitable physical and emotional health to administer medications safely.

(5) Must have no known record or history of drug abuse or record of conviction of a felony.

B. There will be no discrimination in selection of medication attendants for reason of race, color, creed, religion, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232(11), or national origin.

Acts 1976, No. 558, §1; Acts 1977, No 684, §10; Acts 1990, No. 175, §1; Acts 1991, No. 877, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §6; Acts 1995, No. 668, §1; Acts 2006, No. 163, §4.