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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 130 - SOUTH CAROLINA OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT
Section 44-130-50. Caregiver may administer opioid antidote; immunity.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-130-50 (2017)
(A) A caregiver may in an emergency administer, without fee, an opioid antidote to a person whom the caregiver believes in good faith is experiencing an opioid overdose if the caregiver has received the opioid overdose information provided for in Section 44-130-30.
(B) A caregiver who administers an opioid antidote in accordance with the provisions of this section is not subject to civil or criminal liability.
HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 54 (H.3083), Section 1, eff June 3, 2015.
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