This rule does not apply to the treatment of patients who are in-patients of any medical facility or to the treatment of patients in any custodial care facilities (including nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and assisted living facilities) where the patients do not have possession or control of their medications and where the medications are dispensed or administered by a licensed, certified or registered health care provider.
This rule does not apply to the treatment of patients who are terminally ill and who are receiving hospice services as defined by this rule.
02-383 C.M.R. ch. 21, § 3