Florida Statutes 400.489 – Administration of medication by a home health aide or home health aide for medically fragile children; staff training requirements
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 400.489
- Agency: means the Agency for Health Care Administration. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- Home health aide: means a person who is trained or qualified, as provided by rule, and who provides hands-on personal care, performs simple procedures as an extension of therapy or nursing services, assists in ambulation or exercises, assists in administering medications as permitted in rule and for which the person has received training established by the agency under this part, or performs tasks delegated to him or her under chapter 464. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- Home health aide for medically fragile children: means a family caregiver who meets the qualifications specified in this part and who performs tasks delegated to him or her under chapter 464 while caring for an eligible relative, and provides care relating to activities of daily living, including those associated with personal care; maintaining mobility; nutrition and hydration; toileting and elimination; assistive devices; safety and cleanliness; data gathering; reporting abnormal signs and symptoms; postmortem care; patient socialization and reality orientation; end-of-life care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency care; residents' or patients' rights; documentation of services performed; infection control; safety and emergency procedures; hygiene, grooming, skin care, and pressure sore prevention; wound care; portable oxygen use and safety and other respiratory procedures; tracheostomy care; enteral care and therapy; peripheral intravenous assistive activities and alternative feeding methods; and any other tasks delegated to the family caregiver under chapter 464. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- Patient: means any person who receives home health services in his or her home or place of residence. See Florida Statutes 400.462
- Physician: means a person licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or chapter 461. See Florida Statutes 400.462
(1) A home health aide or home health aide for medically fragile children may administer oral, transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or topical prescription medications if the home health aide or home health aide for medically fragile children has been delegated such task by a registered nurse licensed under chapter 464, has satisfactorily completed an initial 6-hour training course approved by the agency, and has been found competent to administer medication to a patient in a safe and sanitary manner. The training, determination of competency, and initial and annual validations required in this section shall be conducted by a registered nurse licensed under chapter 464 or a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459.
(2) A home health aide or home health aide for medically fragile children must annually and satisfactorily complete a 2-hour inservice training course approved by the agency in medication administration and medication error prevention. The inservice training course shall be in addition to the annual inservice training hours required by agency rules.
(3) The agency, in consultation with the Board of Nursing, shall establish by rule standards and procedures that a home health aide or home health aide for medically fragile children must follow when administering medication to a patient. Such rules must, at a minimum, address qualification requirements for trainers, requirements for labeling medication, documentation and recordkeeping, the storage and disposal of medication, instructions concerning the safe administration of medication, informed-consent requirements and records, and the training curriculum and validation procedures.