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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 748 By: Rosino of the Senate
and
Bashore of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to substance abuse services; defining
terms; directing the Commissioner of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services to designate certain
physician to issue specified statewide standing
order; requiring designated physician to issue
certain standing order for emergency opioid
antagonists; specifying duration of effect of
standing order; providing for codification; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-225 of Title 43A, unless there
is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Dispenser” and “prescriber” have the same meaning as
provided by Section 353.1 of Title 59 of the Ok lahoma Statutes; and
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2. “Emergency opioid antagonist ” means a drug including but not
limited to naloxone that blocks the effects of opioids and that is
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the
treatment of an opioid overdose .
B. Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this act,
the Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abus e Services shall
designate a physician, licensed in this state and in good standing,
to issue a statewide standing order for emergency opioid antagon ists
under the provisions of this section.
C. Within thirty (30) days of being designated under subsection
B of this section, the physician shall issue a standing order that:
1. Authorizes any prescriber or dispenser to prescribe or
dispense emergency op ioid antagonists to any person or entity within
this state upon request; and
2. Allows for the possession, storage, distribu tion, and
administration of emergency opioid antagonists by any individual or
entity within this state.
D. The standing order issu ed under this section shall remain in
effect until the United States Food and D rug Administration
classifies at least one emergency opioid antagonist as an over-the-
counter (OTC) drug.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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