Authorizes certified medication aides to administer medications to nursing home residents.
The "Certified Medication Aide in Nursing Homes Staffing Support Act" authorizes certified medication aides to administer medications to nursing home residents. The bill requires the Department of Health to conduct criminal history record background checks for applicants for initial and renewal certification as medication aides. It also establishes a process by which a medication aide may be temporarily employed by a facility while the criminal history record background check on the medication aide is pending.
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