This regulation requires licensed drug and alcohol recovery houses in Pennsylvania to develop and implement written policies and procedures governing medication use by residents. Policies must address self-administration, safe storage (including locked containers for controlled substances), safe disposal of unused or expired medications, emergency procedures for adverse reactions or overdoses (including maintaining overdose reversal medication on premises at all times), and prohibition on sharing prescription medications.
View official source28 Pa. Code § 717.24 - Medication control and self-administration State Regulations Compare The licensee shall develop and implement written policies and procedures on the use of prescription and over-the-counter medications by residents, which must include all of the following: (1) Self-administration of medication for residents who take medication. (2) Safe storage of medication by the drug and alcohol recovery house and residents and procedures to address loss, theft, abandonment or misuse of medications. The policy must provide that controlled substances stored at the drug and alcohol recovery house will be kept in a locked container. (3) Safe disposal of unused, expired or abandoned medication, in accordance with Federal and State regulations. (4) Emergency procedures if an adverse medication reaction or overdose occurs on premises. The licensee shall have and make available overdose reversal medication on the premises of the drug and alcohol recovery house at all times. (5) Prohibition on sharing prescription medication. Notes 28 Pa. Code § 717.24 This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 717.6 (relating to application and renewal). State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare. No prior version found. State Regulations Toolbox