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QUESTIONS: 1. May psychiatric aides, resident life assistants (aides), cottage parents, foster parents, or other persons with similar job descriptions orally administer prescribed, prepackaged, premeasured doses of medication; must this administration occur under the supervision of a physician, registered nurse, or dentist if the medication has already been properly prescribed; would these psychiatric aides, etc., be considered nursing assistants? 2. What is the definition of "medication" as used in the Nursing Act; is medication limited to those items which are normally dispensed only by…