[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR418.96]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 418--HOSPICE CARE--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E--Conditions of Participation: Other Services
 
Sec. 418.96  Condition of participation--Medical supplies.

    Medical supplies and appliances including drugs and biologicals, 
must be provided as needed for the palliation and management of the 
terminal illness and related conditions.
    (a) Standard: Administration. All drugs and biologicals must be 
administered in accordance with accepted standards of practice.
    (b) Standard: Controlled drugs in the patient's home. The hospice 
must have a policy for the disposal of controlled drugs maintained in 
the patient's home when those drugs are no longer needed by the patient.
    (c) Standard: Administration of drugs and biologicals. Drugs and 
biologicals are administered only by the following individuals:
    (1) A licensed nurse or physician.
    (2) An employee who has completed a State-approved training program 
in medication administration.
    (3) The patient if his or her attending physician has approved.
    (4) Any other individual in accordance with applicable State and 
local

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laws. The persons, and each drug and biological they are authorized to 
administer, must be specified in the patient's plan of care.