California Laws

Naloxone Overdose Prevention Laws

Question:

How are pharmacists allowed to dispense or distribute naloxone without a patient-specific prescription from another medical professional?

Answer:
  • Standing order
  • Protocol order
This answer is derived from 3 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    Full Text see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pharmacist may furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed and approved by both the board and the Medical Board of California, in consultation with the California Society of Addiction Medicine, the California Pharmacists Association, and other appropriate entities. In developing those standardized procedures or protocols, the board and the Medical Board of California shall include the following: see full law
  • citation 3: see full citation
    (c) (1) A licensed health care provider who is authorized by law to prescribe an opioid antagonist may issue standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist to a person at risk of an opioid-related overdose or to a family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person at risk of an opioid-related overdose. see full law