2006 New York Code - Opioid Overdose Prevention

 
    * §   3309.   Opioid  overdose  prevention.  1.  The  commissioner  is
  authorized to establish standards for approval of  any  opioid  overdose
  prevention  program  which may include, but not be limited to, standards
  for program directors, appropriate clinical oversight, training,  record
  keeping and reporting.
    2.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provisions of section sixty-five
  hundred twelve of the education law or  any  other  law,  the  purchase,
  acquisition,  possession or use of an opioid antagonist pursuant to this
  section shall not constitute the unlawful practice of  a  profession  or
  other violation under title eight of the education law or this article.
    3.  Use  of  an  opioid  antagonist  pursuant to this section shall be
  considered first aid or emergency  treatment  for  the  purpose  of  any
  statute relating to liability.
    4.  The  commissioner  shall  publish  findings  on  statewide  opioid
  overdose data that reviews overdose death rates and other information to
  ascertain changes in the cause and rates of fatal opioid overdoses.  The
  report  may  be  part  of existing state mortality reports issued by the
  department, and shall be submitted  annually  for  three  years  and  as
  deemed  necessary  by  the commissioner thereafter, to the governor, the
  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the  assembly.  The
  report shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
    (a)  information  on  opioid  overdose  deaths, including age, gender,
  ethnicity, and geographic location;
    (b) data on emergency room utilization for  the  treatment  of  opioid
  overdose;
    (c) data on utilization of pre-hospital services;
    (d) suggested improvements in data collection.
    * NB Effective April 1, 2006