AZ SB1111

Exempts health professionals from obtaining informed consent when prescribing opioids for short-term acute pain in emergency departments or outpatient departments of health care institutions.

Exempts health care institution administrators from obtaining informed consent before administering opioids to inpatient patients.

Requires health care institutions to establish their own policies and procedures to determine when and by whom informed consent must be obtained for inpatient opioid administration.

Exempts health professionals authorized to prescribe controlled substances from conducting opioid risk assessments before administering opioids to inpatient patients.