2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-2506.1. Administration of opiate antagonists.
A. First responders shall have the authority to administer, without prescription, opiate antagonists when encountering an individual exhibiting signs of an opiate overdose. For the purposes of this provision, a first responder shall include:
1. Law enforcement officials;
2. Emergency medical technicians;
3. Firefighters; and
4. Medical personnel at secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
B. Any first responder administering an opiate antagonist in a manner consistent with addressing opiate overdose shall be covered under the Good Samaritan Act.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 322, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
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