Ohio Revised Code § 5123.42 - Authorization For Workers To Administer Prescribed Medications, Perform Health-related Activities, Or Perform Tube Feedings.

(A) Beginning nine months after March 31, 2003, MR/DD personnel who are not specifically authorized by other provisions of the Revised Code to administer prescribed medications, perform health-related activities, or perform tube feedings may do so pursuant to this section as part of the specialized services the MR/DD personnel provide to individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in the following categories:

(1) Recipients of early intervention, preschool, and school-age services offered or provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code;

(2) Recipients of adult services offered or provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code;

(3) Recipients of family support services offered or provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code;

(4) Recipients of services from certified supported living providers, if the services are offered or provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code;

(5) Recipients of residential support services from certified home and community-based services providers, if the services are received in a community living arrangement that includes not more than four individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities and the services are offered or provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code;

(6) Recipients of services not included in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section that are offered or provided pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code;

(7) Residents of a residential facility with five or fewer resident beds;

(8) Residents of a residential facility with at least six but not more than sixteen resident beds;

(9) Residents of a residential facility with seventeen or more resident beds who are on a field trip from the facility, if all of the following are the case:

(a) The field trip is sponsored by the facility for purposes of complying with federal medicaid statutes and regulations, state medicaid statutes and rules, or other federal or state statutes, regulations, or rules that require the facility to provide habilitation, community integration, or normalization services to its residents.

(b) Not more than ten field trip participants are residents who have health needs requiring the administration of prescribed medications, excluding participants who self-administer prescribed medications or receive assistance with self-administration of prescribed medications.

(c) The facility staffs the field trip with MR/DD personnel in such a manner that one person will administer prescribed medications, perform health-related activities, or perform tube feedings for not more than four participants if one or more of those participants have health needs requiring the person to administer prescribed medications through a gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube.

(d) According to the instructions of a health care professional acting within the scope of the professional's practice, the health needs of the participants who require administration of prescribed medications by MR/DD personnel are such that the participants must receive the medications during the field trip to avoid jeopardizing their health and safety.

(B)

(1) In the case of recipients of early intervention, preschool, and school-age services, as specified in division (A)(1) of this section, all of the following apply:

(a) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may perform health-related activities.

(b) With nursing delegation, MR/DD personnel may administer oral and topical prescribed medications.