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WAC 388-78A-2220

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Prescribed medication authorizations.

  (1) Before the boarding home may provide medication assistance or medication administration to a resident for prescribed medications, the boarding home must have one of the following:

     (a) A prescription label completed by a licensed pharmacy;

     (b) A written order from the prescriber;

     (c) A facsimile or other electronic transmission of the order from the prescriber; or

     (d) Written documentation by a nurse of a telephone order from the prescriber.

     (2) The documentation required above in subsection (1) of this section must include the following information:

     (a) The name of the resident;

     (b) The name of the medication;

     (c) The dosage and dosage frequency of the medication; and

     (d) The name of the prescriber.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2220, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]