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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 590 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1452 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Marc R. Pacheco |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to ensure safe medication administration. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and PlymouthJack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/30/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/21/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 590 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1452 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1452) of Marc R. Pacheco, Jack |
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| 19 | 19 | | Patrick Lewis and James B. Eldridge for legislation to ensure safe medication administration. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Public Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 1511 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to ensure safe medication administration. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 7 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (h), the following new subsection:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (i) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, only a dentist, nurse, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4physician, podiatrist, perfusionist, optometrist or veterinarian licensed as a professional by |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5chapter 112 of the General Laws, or any student enrolled in a course of study for said profession |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6acting under the supervision of said licensed person and in accordance with the General Laws, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7may administer any controlled substance in schedule II, III , IV, V or VI of Section 3 of chapter |
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| 38 | 38 | | 894C of the General Laws. This shall not be construed to prohibit the following: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 (1) self-administration 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (2) administration of epinephrine pens in an emergency; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 (3) administration of controlled substances by emergency medical system personnel or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 (4) administration of controlled substances by any ill, injured or infirm person's domestic |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13partner or family member(s). |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 For the purposes of this section, "self-administration" shall include the ability of any ill, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15injured or infirm person who has sufficient understanding of their prescribed controlled |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16substance(s); the indications and contraindications for such controlled substance(s); a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17recollection of the administration schedule for such controlled substance(s) and an ability to |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18communicate this knowledge and the experienced effect of having taken a controlled substance, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19to supervise an unlicensed person in the direct administration of such controlled substance(s) to |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20them. |
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