An Act to ensure safe medication administration, the official text

	Section 7 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (h), the following new subsection:-
	( i ) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, only a dentist, nurse, physician, podiatrist, perfusionist, optometrist or veterinarian licensed as a professional under chapter 112 or any student enrolled in a course of study for said profession acting under the supervision of said licensed person and in accordance with the law, may administer any controlled substance in schedule II, III , IV, V or VI of Section 3 of chapter 94C. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the following:
	(1) self-administration;
	(2) administration of epinephrine pens in an emergency;
	(3) administration of controlled substances by emergency medical system personnel or
	(4) administration of controlled substances by any ill, injured or infirm person's domestic partner or a family member; 
	or 
	(5) administration of controlled substances in a long-term care facility by a medication aide certified under section 72W1/2 of chapter 111.  
	For the purposes of this section, "self-administration" shall include the ability of any ill, injured or infirm person who has sufficient understanding of their prescribed controlled substances, the indications and contraindications for such controlled substance; a recollection of the administration schedule for such controlled substance and an ability to communicate this knowledge and the experienced effect of having taken a controlled substance, to supervise an unlicensed person in the direct administration of such controlled substance to them.