State association approves guidance on pill counts in houses; members urged to add to house rules

Members introduced a Best Practice for pill counts in houses recommending random checks a couple times per week and requiring secure storage of medications in a lockbox. The minutes noted the association is not comprised of medical professionals and stated, un-attributed in the minutes, "We are not Nurses or Doctors; So, we do not handle/or hold people’s medications." The motion to add the pill-count best practice to house rules was accepted (MSP).

Minutes instruct houses to consider writing the practice into their house rules and to vote on it locally. The guidance emphasizes that random counts and secure storage are for safety and adherence to house expectations rather than medical administration by members.