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(e) Within 72 hours of the medication’s expiration date, the date the medication is no longer in use by the child for whom the medication was prescribed or purchased, or the date the child is discharged, unused medication shall be returned to a parent, guardian, or the placing agency or destroyed. (f) Unused medications shall be destroyed by the director following the recommendations of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or returned to the prescribing pharmacy to be destroyed. (g) The facility shall maintain a log of medication destroyed. The information logged shall be written in ink and shall include the amount of medication destroyed, the name of the staff member who destroyed the medication, and the name of the child to whom the medication belongs. Whenever medication is released to a child’s parent, guardian or legal custodian, that information, including the name of the medication, the amount of the medication released and the person receiving the medication, shall be documented in the child’s record. (2) Medication Administration. (a) A monthly medication administration record shall be maintained. Immediately upon admin- istering medication to a child, the staff member administering shall record all of the following on the medication administration record: (i) Full name of the child to whom the medication was administered; (ii) Date and time the medication was administered; (iii) Name and dosage of the medication administered, or medical treatments received; (iv) Signature of the staff member who administered or supervised the administration of medication; (v) Any refusal of medication; (vi) Any adverse reaction to the medication and steps taken to notify the child’s health care provider, parent, guardian, or legal custodian; (vii) Documentation from the prescribing physician regarding any medication changes within the current month; (viii) Any error in medication administration (e.g. failure to administer a medication at the prescribed time, administering an incorrect dosage of medication or administering the wrong medication) and the steps taken to address it. (b) Each entry made under this subsection shall be written in ink. (c) Medication administration records shall be reviewed monthly, at a minimum, to ensure medication errors or events are documented and addressed appropriately. (d) A facility shall designate and authorize specific staff to administer medications and supervise the taking of medications. Only designated and authorized staff shall administer and supervise the taking of medication. Staff will ensure medication has been taken by the person to whom it is prescribed. (e) Staff administering medication shall have received medication training. Documentation of training shall be filed in the staff person’s personnel record. (f) If a designated and/or authorized staff member makes three medication errors in 30 days, then that staff member shall not administer medications until the staff member receives additional training by the director or designated staff as appropriate to the specific circumstances. Documen- tation of how the issue was addressed shall be maintained by the facility. (3) Psychotropic Medications Non-Emergency Procedures. (a) A facility serving a child for whom psychotropic medication is newly prescribed shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met: (i) A medical evaluation of the child is completed by a physician detailing the reason for the psychotropic medication prescribed. The evaluation or screening shall be documented in the child’s record within the first 45 days after the child has first received a psychotropic medication. Subsequent evaluations of the child related to the administration of psychotropic medications