Requirements for supervision.

54-07-05-04. Requirements for supervision. A licensed nurse who delegates medication administration to a medication assistant III must provide supervision as follows: 1. In a licensed nursing facility or acute care setting, the licensed nurse must be on the unit and available for immediate direction. 2. In an ambulatory health care setting where the licensed nurse delegates the intervention of giving medications to another individual, the licensed nurse must be available for direction. 1 3. In any other setting where the licensed nurse delegates the intervention of giving medications to another individual, the licensed nurse must follow facility policy for providing the supervision in order to provide the recipient of the medication appropriate safeguards. History: Effective September 1, 1994; amended effective February 1, 1998; May 1, 1999; April 1, 2004; August 1, 2005; October 1, 2011; April 1, 2014. General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-08 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-08(1)