2022 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 45 - Professions and Occupations
Section 45:14-67.2 - Dispensing of opioid antidotes by pharmacist; definitions.

45:14-67.2 Dispensing of opioid antidotes by pharmacist; definitions.

1. a. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, a pharmacist may dispense an opioid antidote to any person or entity, regardless of whether the person or entity holds an individual prescription for the opioid antidote, pursuant to a standing order issued by a prescriber or pursuant to the standing order issued pursuant to subsection b. of this section. A pharmacist who dispenses an opioid antidote pursuant to this section shall comply with the provisions of the "Overdose Prevention Act," P.L.2013, c.46 (C.24:6J-1 et al.).

b. The Commissioner of Health, or, if the commissioner is not a duly licensed physician, the Deputy Commissioner for Public Health Services, shall issue a standing order authorizing all licensed pharmacists in the State to dispense an opioid antidote to any individual or entity, regardless of whether the individual or entity holds an individual prescription for the opioid antidote. The Commissioner of Health shall provide a copy of the standing order to the Board of Pharmacy, which shall post a copy of the standing order on the board's Internet website and transmit a copy of the standing order to all licensed pharmacists in such a manner as the board deems appropriate.

c. As used in this section:

"Opioid antidote" means naloxone hydrochloride or any other drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of an opioid overdose.

"Prescriber" means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.2013, c.46 (C.24:6J-3).

L.2017, c.88, s.1; amended 2021, c.152, s.10.