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:

  1. If youth in the Teen REACH program are prescribed medications by their physicians:
    1. The parents will be responsible to send the medication with their child to the program.
    2. The parents are to inform the Teen REACH Staff that their child is taking prescription medication or over-the-counter drugs.
    3. The parents are to instruct their child on the dosage and the proper time to take their medication.