HB3616 - Tennessee: Health Care, Medicine, Practice Of, Nurses, Nursing

Companion Bill SB3483. Nurses, Nursing - Exempts persons employed by agencies that provide residential or adult day programs for individuals with mental retardation from needing authorization from the individual or the individual's representative or certain training regarding medication assistance. - Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 63, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 11. Fiscal Summary for HB3616 / *SB3483MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3616 / *SB3483 Under present law, a person employed by an agency licensed under the Mental Health, Developmental Disability, and Personal Support Services Licensure Law who provides personal support services to clients living in their own home or private residence may assist the client with medication, except for injections, upon written authorization by the client or the client's authorized representative, without [...]

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