AMAP PROGRAM

RN RESPONSIBILITY

Requirement

A Registered Professional Nurse (RN) must verify that an individual has completed AMAP training and competency approved program before allowing an individual to work as a medication administrative unlicensed personnel. The RN must keep a record of accessing the registry, or contacting the OHFLAC office and must note each incidence of access in their business files. Proof of access can be in the form of a screen print out of the online look-up, or the completion of a “Verification” form (AMAP-6).

Before allowing the unlicensed personnel to administer medications, the RN must conduct a clinical skills validation for those medication tasks to be performed in the facility. The validation must be conducted by a registered nurse.

RNs must also verify any listing on the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry prior to employing an individual as an unlicensed medication employee. A substantiated finding on the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry disqualifies the candidate from being granted the privilege to administer medication in a facility listed in the “Medication Administrative by Unlicensed Personnel.”

Voluntary Participation

A Registered Professional Nurse (RN) must verify that an individual has completed AMAP training and competency approved program before allowing an individual to work as a medication administrative unlicensed personnel. The RN must keep a record of accessing the registry, or contacting the OHFLAC office and must note each incidence of access in their business files. Proof of access can be in the form of a screen print out of the online look-up, or the completion of a “Verification” form (AMAP-6).

Before allowing the unlicensed personnel to administer medications, the RN must conduct a clinical skills validation for those medication tasks to be performed in the facility. The validation must be conducted by a registered nurse.

RNs must also verify any listing on the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry prior to employing an individual as an unlicensed medication employee. A substantiated finding on the Nurse Aide Abuse Registry disqualifies the candidate from being granted the privilege to administer medication in a facility listed in the “Medication Administrative by Unlicensed Personnel.”