Bill Text: FL S1788 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Medication Administration
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1373 [S1788 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1788-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Medication Administration
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1373 [S1788 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1788-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2018 CS for SB 1788 By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and Senator Passidomo 586-02594-18 20181788c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to medication administration training; 3 amending s. 393.506, F.S.; revising competency 4 assessment and validation requirements for direct 5 service providers who administer or supervise the 6 self-administration of medication; providing an 7 effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 393.506, 12 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (1), (3), and (5) 13 of that section are republished, to read: 14 393.506 Administration of medication. — 15 (1) A direct service provider who is not currently licensed 16 to administer medication may supervise the self-administration 17 of medication or may administer oral, transdermal, ophthalmic, 18 otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or topical prescription 19 medications to a client as provided in this section. 20 (2) In order to supervise the self-administration of 21 medication or to administer medications as provided in 22 subsection (1), a direct service provider must satisfactorily 23 complete a training course of not less than 84hours in 24 medication administration and be found competent to supervise 25 the self-administration of medication by a client or to 26 administer medication to a client in a safe and sanitary manner. 27 In addition, a direct service provider must annually and 28 satisfactorily complete a 2-hour course in medication 29 administration and error prevention provided by the agency or 30 its designee. 31 (a) Competency must be assessed and validated at least 32 annually if oral or enteral medication administration is 33 performed in theanonsite setting and must include personally 34 observing the direct service provider satisfactorily: 35 1.(a)Supervising the oral or enteral self-administration 36 of medication by a client; and 37 2.(b)Orally or enterally administering medication to a 38 client. 39 (b) Competency must be assessed and validated during the 40 initial medication administration training course if otic, 41 transdermal, or topical medication administration is performed 42 in the onsite setting. The competency assessment must include 43 personally observing the direct service provider satisfactorily 44 simulating otic, transdermal, or topical medication 45 administration. 46 (c) Competency must be assessed and validated and need not 47 be revalidated if ophthalmic, rectal, or inhaled medication 48 administration is performed in the onsite setting. The 49 competency assessment must include the performance of 50 ophthalmic, rectal, or inhaled medication administration on an 51 actual client in the onsite setting. 52 (3) A direct service provider may supervise the self 53 administration of medication by a client or may administer 54 medication to a client only if the client, or the client’s 55 guardian or legal representative, has given his or her informed 56 consent to self-administering medication under the supervision 57 of an unlicensed direct service provider or to receiving 58 medication administered by an unlicensed direct service 59 provider. Such informed consent must be based on a description 60 of the medication routes and procedures that the direct service 61 provider is authorized to supervise or administer. Only a 62 provider who has received appropriate training and has been 63 validated as competent may supervise the self-administration of 64 medication by a client or may administer medication to a client. 65 (4) The determination of competency and annual validation 66 describedrequiredin this section shall be conducted by a 67 registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 464 or a physician 68 licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459. 69 (5) The agency shall establish by rule standards and 70 procedures that a direct service provider must follow when 71 supervising the self-administration of medication by a client 72 and when administering medication to a client. Such rules must, 73 at a minimum, address requirements for labeling medication, 74 documentation and recordkeeping, the storage and disposal of 75 medication, instructions concerning the safe administration of 76 medication or supervision of self-administered medication, 77 informed-consent requirements and records, and the training 78 curriculum and validation procedures. 79 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.