North Carolina § 90-171 - 56. Medication aide requirements.
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§ 90-171. 56. Medication aide requirements.
The Board of Nursing shall do the following: Establish standards for faculty and applicant requirements for medication aide training. Provide ongoing review and evaluation, and recommend changes, for faculty and medication aide training requirements to support safe medication administration and improve client, resident, and patient outcomes. History (2005-276, s. 10.40C(b); 2007-148, s. 3.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-276, s. 10.40C(d), provides: "This section becomes effective July 1, 2006. The North Carolina Board of Nursing and the Department of Health and Human Services shall report on the implementation of this act to the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, and the Fiscal Research Division not later than March 1, 2006, and annually thereafter." Session Laws 2005-276, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2005'." Session Laws 2005-276, s. 46.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2005-2007 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2005-2007 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2005-276, s. 46.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-148, s. 3, effective June 29, 2007, in subdivision (1), inserted "and applicant" near the middle and substituted a period for "; and" at the end. §§ 90-171.57 through 90-171.59: Reserved for future codification purposes.
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