400.142  Emergency medication kits.--

(1)  Other provisions of this chapter or of chapter 465, chapter 499, or chapter 893 to the contrary notwithstanding, each nursing home operating pursuant to a license issued by the agency may maintain an emergency medication kit for the purpose of storing medicinal drugs to be administered under emergency conditions to residents residing in such facility.

(2)  The agency shall adopt such rules as it may deem appropriate to the effective implementation of this act, including, but not limited to, rules which:

(a)  Define the term "emergency medication kit."

(b)  Describe the medicinal drugs eligible to be placed in emergency medication kits.

(c)  Establish requirements for the storing of medicinal drugs in emergency medication kits and the maintenance of records with respect thereto.

(d)  Establish requirements for the administration of medicinal drugs to residents under emergency conditions from emergency medication kits.

History.--ss. 40, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 32, 49, ch. 93-217.