Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111 § 72BB

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 111:72BB - Administering of psychotropic medications by nursing homes, rest homes or other long-term care facilities; informed consent
(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "facility" shall mean a nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility.
(b) The department shall establish a schedule of psychotropic medications that shall not be administered to a resident by a facility without informed written consent.
(c) Prior to administering psychotropic medication listed on the schedule created under subsection (b), a facility shall obtain the informed written consent of the resident, the resident's health care proxy or the resident's guardian. Informed written consent shall be obtained on a form approved by the department, which shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
(i) the purpose for administering the listed psychotropic drug;
(ii) the prescribed dosage; and
(iii) any known effect or side effect of the psychotropic medication. The written consent form shall be kept in the resident's medical record.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 72BB

Added by Acts 2014, c. 165,§ 140, eff. 1/1/2015.