5101:2-9-14 Medications.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2002.

Most current prior effective date: January 1, 1991.

(A)      In consultation with the child's or teenage mother's physician, staff of each CRC, group home or residential parenting facility shall review each child's and teenage mother's current regimen of medication at least at the time of each semi-annual administrative case review or as often as directed by the child's or teenage mother's physician and, as authorized by the physician, make adjustments to that regimen as appropriate. In no event shall staff of a CRC, group home or residential parenting facility begin, alter, or suspend a child's or teenage mother's medication without the documented approval of a physician . If a child misses dosages of the medication, staff of the residential facility shall follow the instructions of the physician or the pharmacy that filled the prescription before restarting the medication .


(B)      Each staff person who is in any way responsible for administering medication to a child or teenage mother shall be provided with a written schedule of the child's or teenage mother's medication. This schedule shall be maintained in each child's or teenage mother's case record required by rule 5101:2-5-10 of the Administrative Code and shall include, but is not limited to, the following instructions and information:

(1)      The name of the child or teenage mother .


(2)      The name of each medication to be administered.


(3)      The proper dosage of each medication to be administered.


(4)      The timetable for administration of medication.


(5)      Instructions regarding administration of medication.


(6)      Information concerning possible side effects of each medication as indicated by the physician or pharmacist.

(C)      No child or teenage mother shall be given any prescription medication which has not been prescribed for the child .


(D)      Each CRC, group home or residential parenting facility shall maintain a written cumulative record of all prescribed medication administered to a child or teenage mother during placement in the CRC, group home or residential parenting facility. The current record shall be located with the medication and shall reflect reasons for altered or missed dosages of medications .

Effective: September 1, 2002

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 9/1/2007

Certification: Certified Electronically

Date: 6/28/2002

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 5103.03

Rule Amplifies: 5103.02, 5103.03

Prior Effective Dates: December 30, 1966, October 1, 1986, January 1, 1991.