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Law Number

Utah Code Ann. 58-31b-703

Summary Title

Liability: Nurse Prescribing or Dispensing Opioid Antagonist

Summary

A licensed nurse who, in good faith, prescribes or dispenses an opiate antagonist to an individual at risk of experiencing an opiate related overdose, or to a family member of an at-risk individual, or to another provider in contact with at-risk individuals will not be held legally responsible or professionally disciplined.

Full Title

Opiate antagonist — Exclusion from unprofessional or unlawful conduct

Full Text

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Dispense” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102. (b) “Increased risk” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-55-102. (c) “Opiate antagonist” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-55-102. (d) “Opiate-related drug overdose event” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-55-102. (e) “Prescribe” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102. (2) The prescribing or dispensing of an opiate antagonist by a licensee under this chapter is not unprofessional or unlawful conduct if the licensee prescribed or dispensed the opiate antagonist: (a) in a good faith effort to assist: (i) an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; or (ii) a family member of, friend of, or other person, including a person described in Subsections 26-55-107(1)(a)(i)(A) through (1)(a)(i)(F), that is in a position to assist an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; or (b) to an overdose outreach provider pursuant to Subsection 26-55-104(2)(a)(iii). (3) The provisions of this section and Title 26, Chapter 55, Opiate Overdose Response Act, do not establish a duty or standard of care in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of an opiate antagonist.

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