Summary of S.B. No. 105

• Establishes training standards and certification requirements for individuals to safely administer intranasal naloxone, with the Ohio Department of Health maintaining a registry of trained individuals available to health boards and authorized prescribers.

• Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), physician assistants, and physicians to furnish or prescribe intranasal naloxone to individuals with personal relationships to opioid overdose patients without examining the patient, provided the recipient completes naloxone training.

• Adds naloxone to the formulary of drugs that clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse-midwives, and certified nurse practitioners may personally furnish to patients in health departments and certain non-profit clinics.

• Requires health boards to establish programs making intranasal naloxone available to individuals at risk of opioid overdose and their associates, including providing required training.

• Mandates that emergency medical services training programs include naloxone administration instruction for first responders, EMT-basics, EMT-intermediates, and paramedics, with existing certificate holders required to complete naloxone training within three years.