Medication services—General.
(1) If the service provider supports a client with a prescribed or over-the-counter medication, as identified in the client's person-centered service plan, the service provider must do all of the following:
(a) Have systems in place to ensure that medications are given as ordered and in a manner that safeguards the client's health and safety.
(b) Ensure that each client receives their medication as prescribed, except as provided for in the medication refusal section or in the medication assistance section regarding altering medication.
(c) Ensure each medication has a legible:
(i) Pharmacist-prepared label; or
(ii) Manufacturer label with the name of the client for whom the medication is prescribed added to the container.
(2) Group homes licensed as an assisted living facility or adult family home must meet the medication management requirements of chapter
388-78A or
388-76 WAC. For any difference in requirements the assisted living facility or adult family home medication rules take precedence over the medication rules of this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
71A.12.030 and
71A.12.120. WSR 24-13-066, § 388-101D-0295, filed 6/14/24, effective 7/15/24. WSR 16-14-058, recodified as § 388-101D-0295, filed 6/30/16, effective 8/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
71A.12.030 and [71A.12].080. WSR 14-10-028, § 388-101-3630, filed 4/28/14, effective 5/29/14. Statutory Authority: Chapter
71A.12 RCW. WSR 08-02-022, § 388-101-3630, filed 12/21/07, effective 2/1/08.]