Self-Administration Of Medication

INFORM CONSENT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICATION BY TRAINED, UNLICENSED PERSONNEL.
Florida law permits a Nurse Registry to administer medications to patients, by a licensed nurse on staff, or to assist with self-administered medication by trained, or unlicensed staff under Section 400.488 F.S., 59A-18.0081(12)
400.488 Assistance with self-administration of medication:
An unlicensed person may, consistent with a dispensed prescription's label or the package directions of an over-the-counter medication, assist a patient whose condition is medically stable with the self-administration of routine, regularly scheduled medications that are intended to be self-administered. Assistance with self-medication by an unlicensed person may occur only
(b) In the presence of the patient, reading the label, opening the container, removing a prescribed amount of medication from the container, and closing the
(c) Administration of medications through intermittent positive pressure breathing machines or a nebulizer. (d) Administration of medications by way of a tube inserted in a cavity of the body.

(e) Administration of parenteral preparations. (f) Irrigations or debriding agents used in the treatment of a skin condition. (g) Rectal, urethral, or vaginal preparations. (h) Medications ordered by the physician or health care professional with prescriptive authority to be given "as needed," unless the order is written with specific parameters that preclude independent judgment on the part of the unlicensed person, and at the request of a competent patient. (i) Medications for which the time of
Administration, the amount, the strength of dosage, the method of administration, or the reason for administration requires judgment or discretion on the part of the unlicensed person.

I, _______________________________have been informed of this policy and agree to have trained, unlicensed staff provide me with assistance in self-administration of my