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Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 55 - Emergency Administration of Opiate Antagonist Act
Section 102 - Definitions.
Universal Citation:
Effective 5/13/2014
UT Code ยง 26-55-102 (2014)
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26-55-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
| (1) | "Health care facility" means a hospital, a hospice inpatient residence, a nursing facility, a dialysis treatment facility, an assisted living residence, an entity that provides home- and community-based services, a hospice or home health care agency, or another facility that provides or contracts to provide health care services, which facility is licensed under Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act. |
| (2) | "Health care provider" means:
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| (3) | "Opiate" is as defined in Section 58-37-2. |
| (4) | "Opiate antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that is not a controlled substance and that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a drug overdose. |
| (5) | "Opiate-related drug overdose event" means an acute condition, including a decreased level of consciousness or respiratory depression resulting from the consumption or use of a controlled substance, or another substance with which a controlled substance was combined, and that a person would reasonably believe to require medical assistance. |
Enacted by Chapter 130, 2014 General Session
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