DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 210 Original 2015 Regular Session Moreno
Abstract: Authorizes the prescribing and dispensing of naloxone to a third party.
Proposed law authorizes a licensed medical practitioner to, directly or by standing order, prescribe
or dispense the drug naloxone or another opioid antagonist without having examined the individual
to whom it may be administered if both of the following conditions are met:
(1)The licensed medical practitioner provides the individual receiving the naloxone or other
opioid antagonist all training required by the Dept. of Health and Hospitals (DHH) for the
safe and proper administration of naloxone or another opioid antagonist to individuals who
are undergoing or who are believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose. The
training, at a minimum, shall address all of the following:
(a)Techniques on how to recognize signs of an opioid-related overdose.
(b)Standards and procedures for the storage and administration of naloxone or another
opioid antagonist.
(c)Emergency follow-up procedures including the requirement to summon emergency
services either immediately before or immediately after administering the naloxone
or other opioid antagonist to an individual apparently experiencing an opioid-related
overdose.
(2)The naloxone or other opioid antagonist is prescribed or dispensed in such a manner that it
shall be administered through a device approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration
for the intranasal administration of liquid drugs.
Proposed law requires a licensed pharmacist to dispense naloxone prescribed, directly or by standing
order, by a licensed medical practitioner pursuant to proposed law.
Proposed law limits civil, criminal, and professional liability for a licensed medical practitioner who,
in good faith, prescribes or dispenses or a pharmacist who, in good faith, dispenses naloxone or
another opioid antagonist pursuant to proposed law.
Proposed law limits civil and criminal liability for a person acting in good faith who receives and
administers naloxone or another opioid antagonist to a person reasonably believed to be undergoing
an opioid-related drug overdose unless personal injury results from the gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct in the administration of the drug.
Proposed law requires DHH to develop and promulgate a set of best practices for use by a licensed
medical practitioner including but not limited to the training necessary to safely and properly
administer naloxone or another opioid antagonist to individuals who are undergoing or who are
believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose, the standards and procedures for the
storage and administration of naloxone or another opioid antagonist, and emergency follow-up
procedures.
Proposed law provides definitions.
(Adds R.S. 40:978.2)