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Does a nurse have the authority to administer methadone pursuant to a physician’s medication order to an inmate?

April 26, 2017authority inmate medication methadone nurse physician pursuant

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Does a nurse have the authority to administer methadone pursuant to a physician’s medication order to an inmate?

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Yes. If, as an agent of the practitioner, the nurse is so authorized by the state, she/he may act on behalf of, or at the direction of, the staff physician, pursuant to the physician’s order for medication, and may administer the methadone to the inmate.