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Emergency Law Inventory | Full Law Text

Law Number

Fla. Stat. 381.887(5)

Summary Title

Liability: Use of Opioid Antagonist

Summary

An individual, health care practitioner, or pharmacist who, in good faith, possesses, prescribes, dispenses, stores, or administers an opioid antagonist will not be held legally responsible for acting or failing to act. They can be held legally responsible if acting with extreme carelessness. A health care practitioner or pharmacist acting in good faith and with reasonable care will not be subject to professional discipline.

Full Title

Emergency treatment for suspected opioid overdose

Full Text

(5) A person, including, but not limited to, an authorized health care practitioner, a dispensing health care practitioner, or a pharmacist, who possesses, administers, prescribes, dispenses, or stores an approved emergency opioid antagonist in compliance with this section and s. 768.13 is afforded the civil liability immunity protections provided under s. 768.13. (6) (a) An authorized health care practitioner, acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, is not subject to discipline or other adverse action under any professional licensure statute or rule and is immune from any civil or criminal liability as a result of prescribing an emergency opioid antagonist in accordance with this section. (b) A dispensing health care practitioner or pharmacist, acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, is not subject to discipline or other adverse action under any professional licensure statute or rule and is immune from any civil or criminal liability as a result of dispensing an emergency opioid antagonist in accordance with this section.

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