Sen. Donne E. Trotter

Filed: 4/11/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2155

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2155 on page 1,
3 line 9, after "Director", by inserting "of the Division of
4 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse"; and
 
5 on page 5, after line 8, by inserting the following:
6     "(d) Health care professional prescription of drug
7 overdose treatment medication.
8         (1) A health care professional, when prescribing an
9     opioid antidote, shall provide to the patient information
10     on the following: drug overdose prevention and
11     recognition; how to perform rescue breathing and
12     resuscitation; opioid antidote dosage and administration;
13     the importance of calling 911; care for the overdose victim
14     after administration of the overdose antidote; and other
15     issues as necessary. The health care professional shall
16     document the provision of information in the patient's
17     medical record. The Director of the Division of Alcoholism

 

 

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1     and Substance Abuse, in consultation with statewide
2     organizations representing physicians, advanced practice
3     nurses, physician assistants, substance abuse programs,
4     and other interested groups, shall develop and disseminate
5     to health care professionals, community-based
6     organizations, substance abuse programs, and other
7     organizations training materials to facilitate the
8     provision of such patient information.
9         (2) A health care professional who, acting in good
10     faith, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antidote to a
11     patient who has received the information specified in
12     paragraph (1) of this subsection and who, in the judgment
13     of the health care professional, is capable of
14     administering the drug in an emergency, shall not, as a
15     result of his or her acts or omissions, be subject to
16     disciplinary or other adverse action under the Medical
17     Practice Act of 1987, the Physician Assistant Practice Act
18     of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act,
19     or any other professional licensing statute.
20         (3) A person who is not otherwise licensed to
21     administer an opioid antidote may in an emergency
22     administer without fee an opioid antidote if the person has
23     received the patient information specified in paragraph
24     (1) of this subsection and believes in good faith that
25     another person is experiencing a drug overdose. The person
26     shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, be

 

 

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1     liable for any violation of the Medical Practice Act, the
2     Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse
3     Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, or any other
4     professional licensing statute, or subject to any criminal
5     prosecution arising from or related to the unauthorized
6     practice of medicine or the possession of an opioid
7     antidote.
8         (4) For the purposes of this subsection:
9         "Opioid antidote" means naloxone hydrochloride or any
10     other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by
11     the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of
12     drug overdose.
13         "Health care professional" means a physician licensed
14     to practice medicine in all its branches, a physician
15     assistant who has been delegated the provision of health
16     services by his or her supervising physician to prescribe
17     or dispense an opioid antidote, or an advanced practice
18     registered nurse who has a written collaborative agreement
19     with a collaborating physician that authorizes the
20     prescribing or dispensing of an opioid antidote."; and
 
21 by deleting lines 9 through 24 on page 5 and lines 1 through 25
22 on page 6.