PDFWAC 388-78A-2270
Resident controlled medications.
(1) The assisted living facility must ensure all medications are stored in a manner that prevents each resident from gaining access to another resident's medications.
(2) The assisted living facility must allow a resident to control and secure the medications that he or she self-administers or self-administers with assistance if the assisted living facility assesses the resident to be capable of safely and appropriately storing his or her own medications and the resident desires to do so.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2270, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090. WSR 06-01-047, § 388-78A-2270, filed 12/15/05, effective 1/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. WSR 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2270, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]