2011 Washington Code
Title 18 Businesses and professions
18.130 Regulation of health professions -- Uniform disciplinary act.
18.130.345 Naloxone -- Administering, dispensing, prescribing, purchasing, acquisition, possession, or use -- Opiate-related overdose.
The administering, dispensing, prescribing, purchasing, acquisition, possession, or use of naloxone shall not constitute unprofessional conduct under chapter 18.130 RCW, or be in violation of any provisions under this chapter, by any practitioner or person, if the unprofessional conduct or violation results from a good faith effort to assist:
(1) A person experiencing, or likely to experience, an opiate-related overdose; or
(2) A family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person experiencing, or likely to experience, an opiate-related overdose.
[2010 c 9 § 3.]
Notes:
Intent -- 2010 c 9: See note following RCW 69.50.315.
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