2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH
ARTICLE 5O. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION BY UNLICENSED PERSONNEL.
§16-5O-6. Availability of records; eligibility requirements of facility staff.

§16-5O-6. Availability of records; eligibility requirements of facility staff.

(a) Any facility which authorizes unlicensed staff members to administer medications pursuant to the provisions of this article shall make available to the authorizing agency a list of the individual facility staff members authorized to administer medications.

(b) A facility may permit a facility staff member to administer medications in a single specific agency only after compliance with all of the following:

(1) The staff member has successfully completed a training program and received a satisfactory competency evaluation as required by the provisions of this article;

(2) The facility determines there is no statement on the state administered nurse aide registry indicating that the staff member has been the subject of finding of abuse or neglect of a long-term care facility resident or convicted of the misappropriation of such a resident's property;

(3) The facility staff member has had a criminal background check or if applicable, a check of the state police abuse registry, establishing that the individual has been convicted of no crimes against persons or drug related crimes;

(4) The medication to be administered is received and maintained by the facility staff member in the original container in which it was dispensed by a pharmacist or the prescribing healthcare professional; and

(5) The facility staff member has complied with all other applicable requirements of this article, the rules adopted pursuant to this article and such other criteria, including minimum competency requirements, as are specified by the authorizing agency.