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# Administering medication

Personal care attendants, home- and community-based service provider workers, as defined in R.S. 40:2120.2, and respite care workers providing in-home services to persons with developmental disabilities pursuant to a Medicaid waiver may administer medication to patients as provided in R.S. 37:1024 after successful completion of the drug administration course offered by the Louisiana Department of Health in accordance with R.S. 37:1021 et seq.