Current Status: Issued
Original Issue Date: 08/28/01
Reviewed: 08/28/02, 08/03, 08/04, 08/05, 08/06, 08/07, 08/09
Next Review Date: 08/28/2010
Document Number: TR MED 01-VO1
POLICY INFORMATION
Subject:
Medication Administration in the Teen REACH Program.
Policy:
It is the policy of the Iroquois-Kankakee ROE Teen REACH Program that medications are not to be administered by the Teen REACH Staff.
Procedure:
- If youth in the Teen REACH program are prescribed medications by their physicians:
- The parents will be responsible to send the medication with their child to the program.
- The parents are to inform the Teen REACH Staff that their child is taking prescription medication or over-the-counter drugs.
- The parents are to instruct their child on the dosage and the proper time to take their medication.