Maine 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
  • Naloxone-specific collaborative practice agreement
  • Pharmacist prescriptive authority
This answer is derived from 4 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    An authorized pharmacist may prescribe and dispense oral, injectable, intranasal or any other form of opiate antagonist and the necessary medical supplies to administer the naloxone hydrochloride to a person who, the pharmacist determines using his or her clinical judgment, meets the eligible recipient criteria above in order to treat potential opioid overdoses. A pharmacist may write a prescription to meet the need on hand within the pharmacist’s current workplace, but not for purposes of providing a prescription to a patient at risk or caregiver to take away and present to another pharmacy for filling. see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    A. A health care professional may directly or by standing order prescribe naloxone hydrochloride to an individual at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose. A-1. A pharmacist may prescribe and dispense naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with protocols established under Title 32, section 13815 to an individual of any age at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose. see full law
  • citation 3: see full citation
    2.  Rules for prescribing and dispensing naloxone hydrochloride.   The board by rule shall establish standards for authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with Title 22, section 2353, subsection 2, paragraphs A-1 and C-1. The rules must establish adequate training requirements and protocols for prescribing and dispensing naloxone hydrochloride when there is no prescription drug order, standing order or collaborative practice agreement authorizing naloxone hydrochloride to be dispensed to the intended recipient. Rules adopted under this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. A pharmacist authorized by the board pursuant to this subsection to prescribe and dispense naloxone hydrochloride may prescribe and dispense naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with Title 22, section 2353, subsection 2, paragraphs A-1 and C-1. see full law
  • citation 4: see full citation
    A pharmacist may not dispense Naloxone HCl without a prescription drug order, standing order, or collaborative drug therapy management agreement unless authorized to prescribe and dispense Naloxone HCl in accordance with this Chapter. see full law