(1) The medication aide shall:
(a) practice under the general supervision of a nurse with an unencumbered Montana license;
(b) practice only in an assisted living facility as defined by 50-5-101 , MCA;
(c) administer only medications that are in:
(i) a unit dose package; or
(ii) a prefilled medication holder;
(d) administer only PRN and routine medications as defined in ARM 24.159.301;
(e) administer medications only by allowable routes as defined in ARM 24.159.901, except:
(i) insulin may be subcutaneously injected from a prefilled, labeled, unit dose syringe; and
(f) notify the supervising nurse if:
(i) the patient has a change in medication, and the medication is not available as described in (1) (c) ; or
(ii) the medication aide has observed a change in the patient's physical or mental condition.