You must:
  (1) Store medication in a locked container;
  (2) Keep medication inaccessible other than to employees responsible for stored medication;
  (3) Store medication covered by Schedule II of the Texas Controlled Substances Act under double lock in a separate container. For example, a double lock can include a lock on the cabinet or filing cabinet and the door to the closet where medications are stored;
  (4) Make provisions for storing medication that requires refrigeration;
  (5) Keep medication storage area(s) clean and orderly;
  (6) Remove discontinued medication immediately and destroy it in a way that ensures that children do not have access to it;
  (7) Remove medication on or before the expiration date and destroy it in a way that ensures that children do not have access to it;
  (8) Remove medication of a discharged or deceased child immediately and destroy it in a way that ensures that children do not have access to it; and
  (9) Provide prescription medication to the person to whom a child is discharged or transferred if the child is taking the medication at that time.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.2101 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10393; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909