SUBCHAPTER D-1.  ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION FOR CLIENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Sec. 161.091.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Administration of medication" means:
(A)  removing a unit or dose of medication from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container;
(B)  verifying the medication with the medication order;
(C)  giving the proper medication in the proper dosage to the proper client at the proper time by the proper administration route; and
(D)  recording the time of administration and dosage administered.
(2)  "Client" means a person with an intellectual and developmental disability who is receiving services from a facility or program listed in Section 161.092.
(3)  "Unlicensed person" means an individual not licensed as a health care provider who provides services at or for a facility or program listed in Section 161.092, including:
(A)  a nurse aide, orderly, assistant, attendant, technician, home health aide, medication aide with a permit issued by a state agency, or other individual who provides personal health care-related services;
(B)  a person who is monetarily compensated to perform certain health-related tasks and functions in a complementary or assistive role to a licensed nurse who provides direct client care or performs common nursing functions;
(C)  a person who performs those tasks and functions as a volunteer but does not qualify as a friend providing gratuitous nursing care of the sick under Section 301.004, Occupations Code; or
(D)  a person who is a professional nursing student who provides care for monetary compensation and not as part of a formal educational program.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 677 (S.B. 1857), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.