{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-37-1024","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 37:1024","heading":"Authorized and prohibited functions of medication attendants","body":"A. The authorized functions of the medication attendant are:\n(1) Deliver and administer medications ordered by a physician or dentist to residents with the supervision of a registered nurse.\n(2) Record in the client's chart doses delivered to and/or administered to the client.\n(3) Chart drug effects and side effects.\n(4) Obtain vital signs as indicated or ordered.\n(5) Deliver pro re nata \"PRN\", as needed, medications when authorized by a licensed physician, dentist, or registered nurse. This authorization must be documented in writing within twenty-four hours.\nB. The prohibited functions of the medication attendant are:\n(1) May not give medications by intramuscular, intravenous, or subcutaneous routes.\n(2) May not administer medications by the oral inhalant aerosol route unless administering a premeasured dosage unit provided by the manufacturer.\n(3) May not receive or assume responsibility for reducing to writing oral or telephone orders from a physician.\n(4) May not alter medication dosages as delivered from the pharmacy, unless authorized by a physician or dentist.\n(5) May not administer medication in an acute care unit funded or operated by the Louisiana Department of Health and/or the Department of Children and Family Services.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=93001","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:52Z","sha256":"3700b212234ed007336d3865d5a67ba8d8c20a9550acc9acbf6c555502137f83","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-37-1023","next":"us-la/rs-37-1025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}