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Medication Aide Pilot Program End in Sight |
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Medication Aide Pilot Program
– the End is in Sight!
On March 26, 2009, the
Medication Aide Pilot Program will end. On or after that date, any nursing home
or residential care facility located in the State of Ohio may utilize one or
more medication aides to administer prescription medications to its residents,
subject to the following conditions: Each individual used as a medication aide
must hold a current, valid medication aide certificate issued by the board under
Chapter 4723. Of the revised code; the nursing home or residential care facility
shall ensure that the requirements of section 4723.67, ORC are met. Following
the prescriptive timeline established in last year’s budget bill that extended
the pilot beyond it’s original end date of June 30, 2007, now that the 75th
medication aide certificate has been issued earlier this week, the board of
nursing (OBN) will collect and analyze data and prepare a report to the
governor, president and minority leader of the senate, speaker and minority
leader of the house of representatives, and director of health on the program.
The board of nursing will be requesting data of the facilities that have been
participating in the pilot in the near future. The details of the timeline is
posted on the OBN
medication aide webpage.
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