NAC639.515. Stock of drugs in facility for skilled nursing or intermediate care.

     1. A facility for skilled nursing or a facility for intermediate care may maintain a stock of the following drugs for emergency treatment for inpatients:

Analgesic-CII

Analgesic-non CII

Anesthetics, local

Antiarrhythmics

Antibiotics

     Orally

     Intravenous

Anticholinergic

Antidiarrheal

Antihistamine

Antihypertensive

Antinauseants

Antipsychotic

Bronchodilators

Calcium injectable

Dextrose injection

Diazepam

Digoxin

Diuretic injectable

Epinephrine

Glucagon

Heparin

Insulin

Intravenous solutions

Magnesium sulfate

Muscle relaxant

Naloxone

Nitroglycerin tablets

Normal saline

Phenobarbital

Phenytoin

Potassium chloride

Pressor amine

Protamine

Sodium bicarbonate

Steroids

Vitamin K

Water for injection

     2. The quantity of each drug stocked must not exceed 20 units of each drug at each nursing station in the facility.

     3. All drugs must be stored and maintained in unit dosages, if manufactured in that form.

     [Bd. of Pharmacy, § 639.425, eff. 6-26-80]—(NAC A 12-3-84; 6-16-86; 2-18-88; 11-9-95; R065-08, 9-18-2008)