Licensing Standards for DayCare Centers
7 AAC 50.440
MEDICATION
A facility may only administer medication under the following conditions:
- (1) in a child care facility
- (A) the facility shall first obtain written permission from the child's
parent or shall document telephone permission from the child's parent
to administer any medication to the child;
- (B) any over-the-counter medication provided by the child's parent
must be in the original container and labeled with the child's name; and
- (C) the facility shall have a policy for the use of any commonly used,
nonprescription medication for oral or topical use kept on hand by the
facility for any child, with parental consent, for whom the medication
may be indicated;
- (3) prescription medicine must be kept in
- (A) the original container showing the date filled, the expiration
date, instructions, and the physician's or other medical professional's
name; or
- (B) medicine sets filled by a pharmacist or licensed medical professional;
the prescription date filled, the expiration date, instructions, and the
physician's or other medical professional's name must be retained;
- (4) over-the-counter drugs such as non-aspirin fever reducers, naturopathic
remedies, vitamin and mineral supplements, diaper ointments and powders, sun
screen, and insect repellent may be given only at the dose, duration, and
method of administration specified on the manufacturer's label;
- (5) [Emp] in a facility with one or more employees, only a designated staff
member may administer medication; designated staff shall record and initial
the time each dose is administered;
- (6) unused medication must be returned to the parent (Eff. 1/1/96, Register
136; am 3/1/98, Register 145)
- Authority: AS 44.29.020 AS 47.35.010
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