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2023 Utah Code
Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Chapter 67 - Utah Medical Practice Act
Part 7 - Immunity Provisions
Section 702 - Opiate antagonist -- Exclusion from unlawful or unprofessional conduct.
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UT Code § 58-67-702 (2023)
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Effective 5/3/2023
58-67-702. Opiate antagonist -- Exclusion from unlawful or unprofessional conduct.
Amended by Chapter 329, 2023 General Session
58-67-702. Opiate antagonist -- Exclusion from unlawful or unprofessional conduct.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Dispense" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
- (b) "Increased risk" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-501.
- (c) "Opiate antagonist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-501.
- (d) "Opiate-related drug overdose event" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-501.
- (e) "Prescribe" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102.
- (2) The prescribing or dispensing of an opiate antagonist by a licensee under this chapter is not unprofessional or unlawful conduct if the licensee prescribed or dispensed the opiate antagonist:
- (a) in a good faith effort to assist:
- (i) an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; or
- (ii) a family member of, friend of, or other person, including a person described in Subsections 26B-4-512(1)(a)(i)(A) through (1)(a)(i)(F), that is in a position to assist an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; or
- (b) to an overdose outreach provider pursuant to Subsection 26B-4-509(2)(a)(iii).
- (a) in a good faith effort to assist:
- (3) The provisions of this section and Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 5, Treatment Access, do not establish a duty or standard of care in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of an opiate antagonist.
Amended by Chapter 329, 2023 General Session
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