Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1298
       
       
        
       By Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       
       9-01753A-21                                           20211298__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to nurse registries; amending s.
    3         464.0156, F.S.; authorizing registered nurses to
    4         delegate to certified nursing assistants and home
    5         health aides the administration of certain medication
    6         to patients of nurse registries under certain
    7         circumstances; amending s. 464.2035, F.S.; authorizing
    8         certified nursing assistants to administer certain
    9         medication to patients of nurse registries under
   10         certain circumstances; conforming a provision to
   11         changes made by the act; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 464.0156, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         464.0156 Delegation of duties.—
   18         (2) A registered nurse may delegate to a certified nursing
   19  assistant or a home health aide the administration of oral,
   20  transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or
   21  topical prescription medications to a patient of a home health
   22  agency or nurse registry, if the certified nursing assistant or
   23  home health aide meets the requirements of s. 464.2035 or s.
   24  400.489, respectively. A registered nurse may not delegate the
   25  administration of any controlled substance listed in Schedule
   26  II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of s. 893.03 or 21 U.S.C. s.
   27  812.
   28         Section 2. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 464.2035,
   29  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   30         464.2035 Administration of medication.—
   31         (1) A certified nursing assistant may administer oral,
   32  transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or
   33  topical prescription medication to a patient of a home health
   34  agency or nurse registry if the certified nursing assistant has
   35  been delegated such task by a registered nurse licensed under
   36  part I of this chapter, has satisfactorily completed an initial
   37  6-hour training course approved by the board, and has been found
   38  competent to administer medication to a patient in a safe and
   39  sanitary manner. The training, determination of competency, and
   40  initial and annual validation required under this section must
   41  be conducted by a registered nurse licensed under this chapter
   42  or a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459.
   43         (3) The board, in consultation with the Agency for Health
   44  Care Administration, shall establish by rule standards and
   45  procedures that a certified nursing assistant must follow when
   46  administering medication to a patient of a home health agency or
   47  nurse registry. Such rules must, at a minimum, address
   48  qualification requirements for trainers, requirements for
   49  labeling medication, documentation and recordkeeping, the
   50  storage and disposal of medication, instructions concerning the
   51  safe administration of medication, informed-consent requirements
   52  and records, and the training curriculum and validation
   53  procedures.
   54         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.