<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:08:07"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000000">44:73:08:07</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000001">.  Medication administration. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">The facility personnel administering medication to a resident shall record the administration in the resident's medical record. Medication errors and drug reactions must be reported </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">to the resident's physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner and an entry </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">must be </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">made in the resident's medical record. Orders involving abbreviations and chemical symbols may be carried out only if the facility has a standard list of abbreviations and symbols approved by the medical staff or, in the absence of an organized medical staff, by the medical director</span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">The facility shall make the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">list available to </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">all</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> nursing </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">. All medications </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> be administered to residents by personnel acting under </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">delegation of a licensed nurse, or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">personnel </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">licensed to administer medications.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">No personnel may </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">administer </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">medication </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">prepared by another person unless the medication was prepared by </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">a pharmacist.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">    Medication administration </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> comply with §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:08:02"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">44:73:08:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:08:05"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">44:73:08:05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">, inclusive, and with the requirements for training in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:14"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">20:48:04.01:14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:15"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">20:48:04.01:15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> and for supervision in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:02"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">20:48:04.01:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">. The supervising nurse shall provide an orientation to </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">any</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> unlicensed assistive personnel who will administer medications. The orientation </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> be specific to the facility and relevant to the residents receiving administered medications.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">    </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 14, effective September 14, 1977; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 24 SDR 90, effective January 4, 1998; 28 SDR 83, effective December 16, 2001; 31 SDR 62, effective November 7, 2004; 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:08:05"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">44:04:08:05</span></a><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">    </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">    </span><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se53376c7-bb47-4134-ad05-d79c76977e37000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>