(1) If the service provider is involved in assisting any client with medications, as identified in the client's individual support plan, the service provider must:

(a) Have systems in place to ensure that medications are given as ordered and in a manner that safeguards the client's health and safety;

(b) Ensure that each client receives their medication as prescribed, except as provided for in the medication refusal section or in the medication assistance section regarding altering medication; and

(c) Have a legible prescription label completed by a licensed pharmacy before providing medication assistance or medication administration to a client for prescribed medications.

(2) Group homes licensed as an assisted living facility or adult family home must meet the medication management requirements of chapter 388-78A or 388-76 WAC. For any difference in requirements the assisted living facility or adult family home medication rules take precedence over the medication rules of this chapter.