Minnesota Administrative Rules

2911.6600 DELIVERY.

Subpart 1.

Delivering medication.

A person delivering medication to an inmate must do so under the direction of the responsible health authority or health care personnel.

Subp. 2.

Training.

Only persons who have received training appropriate to this assignment may deliver medication.

Subp. 3.

Refresher training.

A nonmedical staff person delivering medication shall receive refresher training a minimum of once every three years.

Subp. 4.

Documentation.

Initial and refresher training must be documented.

Subp. 5.

Recording deliveries.

A person responsible for delivering medications shall do so according to orders, and record the delivery of medications in a manner approved by the health care authority.

Subp. 6.

Deliveries by health-trained staff.

Medication shall be delivered to an inmate by health-trained staff. An inmate shall administer the inmate's medication under staff supervision.

Subp. 7.

Identification procedures.

There shall be a written procedure for the identification of the recipient of the medication.

Subp. 8.

Oral ingestion procedures.

There shall be procedures for confirming that medication delivered for oral ingestion has been ingested.

Subp. 9.

Adverse reaction reports.

There shall be procedures for health-trained staff to report any adverse reaction incidents to health care personnel. The adverse reaction to a drug shall be documented.

Subp. 10.

Refusal of prescribed medications.

There shall be procedures for health-trained staff to report an inmate's refusal of prescribed medication to the attending physician, responsible physician, or health care personnel. The refusal and directives by the health care personnel shall be documented.

Subp. 11.

No medication deprivation punishment.

An inmate shall not be deprived of medication as a means of punishment.

Subp. 12.

Inmate medication delivery prohibited.

Delivery of medication by inmates is prohibited.

Subp. 13.

[Repealed, 38 SR 523]

Subp. 14.

Expiration of medication order.

Health care personnel shall be notified of impending expiration of a medication order so that it can be determined whether the medication should be continued or altered.

Subp. 15.

Nonprescription medication.

Over-the-counter nonprescription medication available to inmates shall be approved by health care personnel. Delivery of nonprescription medication by custody staff shall be documented.

Subp. 16.

Keep-on-person medications.

There shall be a policy and procedure for keep-on-person medications that provides for:

A.

medications identified and approved by the health authority as appropriate for self-administration and storage in an inmate's cell;

B.

procedures for an inmate's overdose of the medication;

C.

consequences if too much medication is found in the inmate's possession;

D.

how the distribution of medications under this subpart is going to be documented; and

E.

nonprescription medications, if any, that are available to inmates through vending machines or commissary.

Keep-on-person medications shall be documented for each inmate.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 241.021

History:

23 SR 1834; 38 SR 523

Published Electronically:

December 20, 2013