{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-128.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-128.2","heading":"Nursing home quality assurance committee; duties related to medication error prevention.","body":"Every nursing home administrator shall ensure that the nursing home quality assurance committee develops and implements appropriate measures to minimize the risk of actual and potential medication-related errors, including the measures listed in this section. The design and implementation of the measures shall be based upon recommendations of the medication management advisory committee and shall:\n(1)\tIncrease awareness and education of the patient and family members about all medications that the patient is using, both prescription and over-the-counter, including dietary supplements.\n(2)\tIncrease prescription legibility.\n(3)\tMinimize confusion in prescription drug labeling and packaging, including unit dose packaging.\n(4)\tDevelop a confidential and nonpunitive process for internal reporting of actual and potential medication-related errors.\n(5)\tTo the extent practicable, implement proven medication safety practices, including the use of automated drug ordering and dispensing systems.\n(6)\tEducate facility staff engaged in medication administration activities on similar-sounding drug names.\n(7)\tImplement a system to accurately identify recipients before any drug is administered.\n(8)\tImplement policies and procedures designed to improve accuracy in medication administration and in documentation by properly authorized individuals, in accordance with prescribed orders and stop order policies.\n(9)\tImplement policies and procedures for patient self-administration of medication.\n(10)\tInvestigate and analyze the frequency and root causes of general categories and specific types of actual or potential medication-related errors.\n(11)\tDevelop recommendations for plans of action to correct identified deficiencies in the facility's pharmaceutical management practices. (2003-393, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 131E. Health Care Facilities and Services.","Article 6. Health Care Facility Licensure Act.","Part 2. Nursing Home Patients' Bill of Rights."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_131E/GS_131E-128.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:12Z","sha256":"205b8ba29647130e00a5cf52936396b979c6204efc4f7527a874a676d83a0f97","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-128.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-131e-128.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}