Section 111:72BB - Administering of psychotropic medications by nursing homes, rest homes or other long-term care facilities; informed consent(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "facility" shall mean a nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility.(b) The department shall establish a schedule of psychotropic medications that shall not be administered to a resident by a facility without informed written consent.(c) Prior to administering psychotropic medication listed on the schedule created under subsection (b), a facility shall obtain the informed written consent of the resident, the resident's health care proxy or the resident's guardian. Informed written consent shall be obtained on a form approved by the department, which shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the purpose for administering the listed psychotropic drug;(ii) the prescribed dosage; and (iii) any known effect or side effect of the psychotropic medication. The written consent form shall be kept in the resident's medical record.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 72BB
Added by Acts 2014, c. 165,§ 140, eff. 1/1/2015.