(1) A residential care facility shall ensure that prescription drugs dispensed to residents of the facility are packaged in a manner that reduces errors in the tracking of and the administration of the drugs, including but not limited to the use of unit dose systems or blister packs.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to residents receiving pharmacy benefits through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs if the pharmacy benefits do not reimburse the cost of such packaging.