This bill extends protections for prescribing, dispensing, furnishing, and administering an expired opiate antagonist.
This bill:
- for administering an opiate antagonist:
extends immunity from liability for administering an opiate antagonist in good faith to include the administration of an expired opiate antagonist; andclarifies that immunity includes immunity from a civil action and criminal prosecution;
- provides that a person licensed under Utah law to dispense an opiate antagonist may dispense an expired opiate antagonist;
- requires a health care provider who dispenses an opiate antagonist to an individual or overdose outreach provider to provide education on the safety, efficacy, and risks of administering an expired opiate antagonist;
- provides that it is not unlawful or unprofessional conduct for a person who is licensed to prescribe or dispense an opiate antagonist to prescribe or dispense an expired opiate antagonist;
- provides that an overdose outreach provider may furnish an expired opiate antagonist;
- makes technical and conforming changes; and
- defines terms.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 17-72-101, 26B-4-501, 26B-4-508, 26B-4-509, 26B-4-510, 26B-4-511, 26B-4-512, 26B-4-513, 26B-4-514, 26B-7-110, 26B-7-117, 53G-9-502, 58-37-2, 58-37-4, 58-37-7, 58-37-8.2, 58-37-19, 58-67-702, 58-68-702, 58-69-702, 63J-1-602.2, 64-13-45
Substitute #1: 17-72-101, 26B-4-501, 26B-4-508, 26B-4-509, 26B-4-510, 26B-4-511, 26B-4-512, 26B-4-513, 26B-4-514, 26B-7-110, 26B-7-117, 53G-9-502, 58-37-2, 58-37-4, 58-37-6, 58-37-7, 58-37-8.2, 58-37-19, 58-67-702, 58-68-702, 58-69-702, 63I-1-258, 63J-1-602.2, 64-13-45
Substitute #2: 26B-4-509, 26B-4-510, 26B-4-511, 58-67-702, 58-68-702, 58-69-702