2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 217 - FOODS, DRUGS, AND POISONS
217.186 Provider prescribing or dispensing naloxone -- Administration by third party.

Download as PDF 217.186 Provider prescribing or dispensing naloxone -- Administration by third party. (1) (2) A licensed health-care provider who, acting in good faith, directly or by standing order, prescribes or dispenses the drug naloxone to a patient who, in the judgment of the health-care provider, is capable of administering the drug for an emergency opioid overdose, shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, be subject to disciplinary or other adverse action under KRS Chapter 311, 311A, 314, or 315 or any other professional licensing statute. A prescription for naloxone may include authorization for administration of the drug to the person for whom it is prescribed by a third party if the prescribing instructions indicate the need for the third party upon administering the drug to immediately notify a local public safety answering point of the situation necessitating the administration. A person acting in good faith who administers naloxone as the third party under this section shall be immune from criminal and civil liability for the administration, unless personal injury results from the gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the person administering the drug. Effective:June 25, 2013 History: Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 10, effective June 25, 2013.