231C.16A Medication setup — administration and storage of medications.
1. An assisted living program may provide for medication setup if requested by a tenant or the tenant’s legal representative. If medication setup is provided following such request, the program shall be responsible for the specific task requested and the tenant shall retain responsibility for those tasks not requested to be provided.
2. If medications are administered or stored by an assisted living program, or if the assisted living program provides for medication setup, all of the following shall apply:
a. If administration of medications is delegated to the program by the tenant or tenant’s legal representative, the medications shall be administered by a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed in Iowa, or by the individual to whom such licensed individuals may properly delegate administration of medications.
b. Medications, other than those self-administered by the tenant or provided through medication setup, shall be stored in locked storage that is not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for administration or storage of medications.
c. Medications shall be labeled and maintained in compliance with label instructions and state and federal law.
d. A person, other than a person authorized to prescribe prescription drugs under state and federal law, shall not alter the prescription of a tenant.
e. Medications shall be stored in their originally received containers.
f. If medication setup is provided by the program at the request of the tenant or tenant’s legal representative, or if medication administration is delegated to the program by the tenant or tenant’s legal representative, appropriate staff of the program may transfer the medications in the tenant’s presence from the original prescription container to medication dispensing containers, reminder containers, or medication cups.
g. Program assistance with medication administration as specified in the occupancy agreement shall not require the program to provide assistance with the storage of medications.
2005 Acts, ch 60, §18, 21; 2015 Acts, ch 56, §19
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 231C - ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAMS
Section 231C.1 - Findings, purpose, and intent.
Section 231C.3 - Certification of assisted living programs.
Section 231C.3A - Monitoring — conflicts of interest.
Section 231C.4 - Fire and safety standards.
Section 231C.5 - Written occupancy agreement required.
Section 231C.5A - Assessment of tenants — program eligibility.
Section 231C.6 - Involuntary transfer.
Section 231C.8 - Exit interview — issuance of findings.
Section 231C.9 - Disclosure of findings.
Section 231C.9A - Informal conference — formal contest — judicial review.
Section 231C.10 - Denial, suspension, or revocation — conditional operation.
Section 231C.11 - Notice — appeal — emergency provisions.
Section 231C.11A - Voluntary cessation of program operations — decertification.
Section 231C.12 - Department notified of casualties.
Section 231C.13 - Retaliation by assisted living program prohibited.
Section 231C.14 - Civil penalties.
Section 231C.15 - Criminal penalties and injunctive relief.
Section 231C.16 - Nursing assistant and medication aide — certification.
Section 231C.16A - Medication setup — administration and storage of medications.
Section 231C.17 - Coordination of the long-term care system — transitional provisions.
Section 231C.18 - Iowa assisted living fees.
Section 231C.19 - Application of landlord and tenant Act.
Section 231C.20 - Limitation on penalties.
Section 231C.21 - Certification list to county commissioner of elections.