Unregistered patients

[chrisbauerwrat]

I work in a treatment center. My boss(social worker/director) has implemented a trial. Having some patients stay at the facility after their discharge date, acting as a defacto half way house. 
Problem  being is that these guys are “off the books”. Not officially there. Yet I’m passing meds, performing basic nursing duties. We send random drug tests to lab on these guys. 
My question is: what liability am I subject to if something goes wrong with one of these guys. 

[beachynurse, ASN, BSN]

I would personally be very concerned. If they are discharged from the facility, and no longer patients they should not be getting care unless your facility has an outpatient program. All clinical trials are sponsored by some big name pharmaceutical company for research purposes. Also, do you have an MD ordering these medications? If not, then I would be extremely worried about my license. So in a nutshell, there looks like there is a huge liability issue.