Mississippi Laws

Naloxone Overdose Prevention Laws

Question:

Is prescription by a standing order authorized?

Answer:
Yes
This answer is derived from 2 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    (3)  (a)  A practitioner acting in good faith and in compliance with the standard of care applicable to that practitioner may directly or by standing order prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose or to a registered pain management clinic, family member, friend or other person in a position to assist such person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose. see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    (b)  A practitioner acting in good faith and in compliance with the standard of care applicable to that practitioner may issue a standing order to one or more individual pharmacies that authorizes the pharmacy to dispense an opioid antagonist to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose or to a family member, friend or other person in a position to assist such person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose, without the person to whom the opioid antagonist is dispensed needing to have an individual prescription. see full law