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OK SB457
Bill
AI Summary
SB 457 Summary
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Authorizes first responders to administer opioid antagonists without a prescription when encountering individuals exhibiting signs of opiate overdose.
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Defines "first responders" to include law enforcement officials, Emergency Medical Technicians, firefighters, and medical personnel at secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
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Extends Good Samaritan Act protections to first responders administering opioid antagonists in accordance with overdose response protocols.
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Effective date: November 1, 2013.
Legislative Description
Public health; allowing first responders to administer certain medicine without prescription; extending provisions of the Good Samaritan Act. Effective date.
Health Care
Last Action
coauthored by Russ (principal House author)
2/6/2013