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Law Number

S.D. Codified Laws 34-20A-106

Summary Title

Liability: Prescribing and Dispensing Opioid Antagonist

Summary

A health care professional authorized to prescribe or dispense an opioid antagonist and who, in good faith, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antagonist to an individual believed to be able to help another who might suffer an overdose will not be held legally responsible or professionally disciplined.

Full Title

Liability for health care professional prescribing or dispensing opioid antagonist

Full Text

A health care professional who is authorized to prescribe or dispense an opioid antagonist is not subject to any disciplinary action or civil or criminal liability for the prescribing or dispensing of an opioid antagonist to a person whom the health care professional reasonably believes may be in a position to assist or administer the opioid antagonist to a person at risk for an opioid-related drug overdose.

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