26 Tex. Admin. Code § 554.1507

Current through Reg. 49, No. 49; December 6, 2024
Section 554.1507 - Drug Release
(a) Medications must be released to residents only on the written or verbal authorization of the attending physician. When a resident is Transferred directly to another nursing facility or discharged to home, the resident's medications must be released to the new facility or to the resident or his family, respectively.
(b) If a resident is leaving the facility on a furlough, enough prescription drugs to last throughout the furlough must be released. The facility must inventory Schedule II, III, and IV drugs in and out. Nonschedule drugs should be listed by name. The pharmacist must handle any division of the prescription, and all information on the original prescription label must appear on the furlough medication supply.

26 Tex. Admin. Code § 554.1507

The provisions of this §19.1507 adopted to be effective May 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 2054; Entire chapter transferred from Title 40, Pt. 1, Ch. 19 by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 50, December 11, 2020, TexReg 8871, eff. 1/15/2021.