Sec. 501.1485. CORRECTIONS MEDICATION AIDES. (a) The department, in cooperation with any contracting entity that is a medical school, shall develop and implement a training program for corrections medication aides that uses a curriculum specific to administering medication in a correctional setting.
(b) In developing the curriculum for the training program, the department and the medical school shall:
(1) consider the content of the curriculum developed by the American Correctional Association for certified corrections nurses; and
(2) modify as appropriate the content of the curriculum developed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, for medication aides administering medication in convalescent and nursing homes and related institutions to produce content suitable for administering medication in a correctional setting.
(c) The department shall submit an application for the approval of a training program developed under this section, including the curriculum, to the Department of Aging and Disability Services in the manner established by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under Section 161.083, Human Resources Code.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 65.04, eff. September 28, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 213), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subchapter E. Managed Health Care
Section 501.132. Application of Sunset Act
Section 501.133. Committee Membership
Section 501.134. Public Member Eligibility
Section 501.135. Membership and Employee Restrictions
Section 501.136. Appointment; Terms of Office; Vacancy
Section 501.137. Presiding Officer
Section 501.138. Grounds for Removal
Section 501.141. Compensation; Reimbursement
Section 501.142. Administration; Personnel
Section 501.143. Division of Responsibilities
Section 501.144. Qualifications and Standards of Conduct Information
Section 501.145. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Section 501.146. Managed Health Care Plan
Section 501.147. Powers and Duties of Department; Authority to Contract
Section 501.148. General Powers and Duties of Committee
Section 501.1485. Corrections Medication Aides
Section 501.149. Disease Management Services
Section 501.150. Quality of Care Monitoring by the Department and Health Care Providers
Section 501.152. Public Participation
Section 501.153. Alternative Dispute Resolution
Section 501.154. Use of Technology
Section 501.155. Availability of Correctional Health Care Information to the Public