CT HB05782

Licensed pharmacists certified under a program approved by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may dispense or administer opioid antagonists (naloxone or similarly acting FDA-approved drugs) and must provide training and maintain written records.

Pharmacists may not delegate opioid antagonist dispensing or administration to non-pharmacists; only certified pharmacists can perform these functions.

Certified pharmacists dispensing or administering opioid antagonists in compliance with this act are protected from liability and not deemed to have violated the standard of care.

Licensed health care professionals permitted by law to prescribe, dispense, or administer opioid antagonists are protected from civil and criminal liability when acting with reasonable care to treat or prevent drug overdoses.

Any person who reasonably believes another is experiencing an opioid overdose may administer an opioid antagonist in good faith and is protected from civil and criminal liability (except licensed health care professionals acting in their ordinary course of employment).