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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1452S.P. 593 In Senate, April 3, 2025
An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess
Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical
Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone
Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures
Developed by the Board
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Senator: BEEBE-CENTER of Knox. Page 1 - 132LR0685(01)
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2 as repealed and replaced by PL 2023, c. 646, Pt. A,
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5 emergency medical services person licensed under this chapter shall administer and
6 dispense naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid overdose-reversing medication in
7 compliance with protocols and training developed in accordance with this chapter. An
8 opioid overdose-reversing medication referenced in this subsection must be approved by
9 the federal Food and Drug Administration. Failure to comply with this subsection,
10 including any protocols or training requirements developed pursuant to this subsection, is
11 a civil violation for which a fine may be assessed in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per
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14 This bill amends the provision of law that requires an emergency medical services
15 person to administer and dispense naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid overdose-
16 reversing medication in compliance with protocols and training developed by the
17 Emergency Medical Services' Board. The bill provides that failure to comply with this
18 provision of law, including failure to comply with any protocols or training requirements
19 developed by the board pursuant to this provision of law, is a civil violation for which a
20 fine may be assessed in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation.
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