Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 58-17b-507 - Opiate antagonist - Immunity from liability - Exclusion from unlawful or unprofessional conduct(1) As used in this section: (a) "Opiate antagonist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-501.(b) "Opiate-related drug overdose event" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-501.(2) A person licensed under this chapter that dispenses an opiate antagonist to an individual with a prescription for an opiate antagonist, to an overdose outreach provider with a prescription for an opiate antagonist, or pursuant to a standing prescription drug order issued in accordance with Subsection 26B-4-510(2) is not liable for any civil damages resulting from the outcomes of the eventual administration of the opiate antagonist to an individual who another individual believes is experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event.(3) The provisions of this section and Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 5, Treatment Access, do not establish a duty or standard of care in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of an opiate antagonist.(4) It is not unprofessional conduct or unlawful conduct for a licensee under this chapter to dispense an opiate antagonist to a person, including a person described in Subsections 26B-4-512(1)(a)(i)(A) through (1)(a)(i)(F), on behalf of an individual if the person obtaining the opiate antagonist has a prescription for the opiate antagonist from a licensed prescriber or the opiate antagonist is dispensed pursuant to a standing prescription drug order issued in accordance with Subsection 26B-4-510(2).(5) It is not unprofessional conduct or unlawful conduct for a licensee under this chapter to dispense an opiate antagonist to an overdose outreach provider if the overdose outreach provider has a prescription for the opiate antagonist from a licensed prescriber issued pursuant to Subsection 26B-4-509(2)(a)(iii).Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session ,§ 141, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 208, 2016 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/10/2016.Amended by Chapter 207, 2016 General Session ,§ 6,§ 14, eff. 5/10/2016.Amended by Chapter 202, 2016 General Session ,§ 5,§ 12, eff. 5/10/2016.Added by Chapter 130, 2014 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/13/2014.