Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1973

certified nurse aide.

A. Patients who are capable of self-administering their own

medications without assistance shall be encouraged and allowed to do

so. However, a certified nurse aide may assist a patient whose

condition is medically stable with the self-administration of

routine, regularly scheduled medications that are intended to be

self-administered, if the following conditions are met:

1. For an oral medication, the medication shall have been

placed in a medication planner by a registered nurse, a relative of

the patient or nursing staff of an Oklahoma licensed home health or

hospice agency that is currently serving the patient; and

2. For all other forms, the certified nurse aide shall assist

with self-administration consistent with a dispensed prescription's

label or the package directions of an over-the-counter medication.

B. For purposes of this section, self-administered medications

include both legend and over-the-counter oral dosage forms, topical

dosage forms and topical ophthalmic, otic and nasal dosage forms

including solutions, suspensions, sprays and inhalers.

C. Assistance with self-administration of medication by a

certified nurse aide may occur only upon a documented request by,

and the written informed consent of, a patient or the patient's

surrogate, guardian or attorney-in-fact.

D. For purposes of this section, assistance with self-

administration of medication includes:

1. Taking an oral medication out of a pill planner and bringing

it to the patient;

2. Placing an oral dosage in the patient's hand or placing the

dosage in another container and helping the patient by lifting the

container to his or her mouth;

3. If ordered by a physician, placing an oral medication in

food before the patient self-administers;

4. Crushing an oral medication pursuant to orders given by a

physician or health care professional;

5. Applying topical medications; and

6. Keeping a record of when a patient receives assistance with

self-administration pursuant to this section.

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E. For purposes of this section, assistance with self-

administration of medication does not include:

1. Removing oral medication from any container other than a

pill planner;

2. Mixing, compounding, converting or calculating medication

doses;

3. The preparation of syringes for injection or the

administration of medications by any injectable route;

4. Administration of medications through intermittent positive

pressure breathing machines;

5. Administration of medications by way of a tube inserted in a

cavity of the body;

6. Administration of parenteral preparations;

7. Irrigations or debriding agents used in the treatment of a

skin condition;

8. Rectal, urethral, or vaginal preparations;

9. Medications ordered by the physician or health care

professional with prescriptive authority to be given "as needed",

unless the order is written with specific parameters that preclude

independent judgment on the part of the certified nurse aide, and at

the request of a competent patient;

10. Medications for which the time of administration, the

amount, the strength of dosage, the method of administration or the

reason for administration requires judgment or discretion on the

part of the certified nurse aide; or

11. Assistance with the self-administration of medication by a

certified nurse aide in an assisted living center through home care

services as provided for in Section 1-890.8 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

F. Assistance with the self-administration of medication by a

certified nurse aide as described in this section does not

constitute administration as defined in Section 353.1 of Title 59 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The State Commissioner of Health may by rule establish

procedures and interpret terms as necessary to implement the

provisions of this section.

H. For purposes of this section:
F. Assistance with the self-administration of medication by a

certified nurse aide as described in this section does not

constitute administration as defined in Section 353.1 of Title 59 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The State Commissioner of Health may by rule establish

procedures and interpret terms as necessary to implement the

provisions of this section.

H. For purposes of this section:

1. "Informed consent" means advising the patient, or the

patient's surrogate, guardian or attorney-in-fact, that the patient

may be receiving assistance with self-administration of medication

from a certified nurse aide; and

2. "Attorney-in-fact" means an attorney-in-fact authorized to

act pursuant to the Oklahoma Health Care Agent Act, with authority

to act regarding the patient's health and medical care decisions,

subject to the limitations under the Oklahoma Health Care Agent Act.