Section 246-826-200. Hospital or nursing home drug injection.

(1) Health care assistants certified in categories C, D, E or F and working in a hospital or nursing home may administer by injection the drugs listed in subsection (2) of this section if:

(a) Authorized and directed by a delegator; and

(b) It is within their scope of practice as identified in the table of WAC 246-826-100.

(2) Drugs authorized to be administered by injection include:

(3) The schedule of drugs in subsection (2) of this section shall not include the following unless the delegator is physically present in the immediate area where the drug is administered:

(a) Any controlled substances as defined in RCW 69.50.101 (1)(d); or

(b) Any experimental drug; or

(c) Any cancer chemotherapy agent.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.135.030 and 2009 c 43. WSR 10-19-044, § 246-826-200, filed 9/13/10, effective 10/14/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-826-200, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.135.030. WSR 87-23-022 (Order PM 689), § 308-175-130, filed 11/12/87.]

RCW 18.135.030 and 2009 c 43. WSR 10-19-044, § 246-826-200, filed 9/13/10, effective 10/14/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-826-200, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.135.030. WSR 87-23-022 (Order PM 689), § 308-175-130, filed 11/12/87.

Rules

246-826-100,