Utah Code § 58-17b-507

Opiate antagonist -- Immunity from liability -- Exclusion from unlawful or
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unprofessional conduct.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Expired opiate antagonist" means an opiate antagonist that is no more than 24 months past
the month and year of the opiate antagonist's expiration date.
(b)
(i) "Opiate antagonist" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-501.
(ii) "Opiate antagonist" includes an expired opiate antagonist.
(c) "Opiate-related drug overdose event" means the same as that term is defined in Section
26B-4-501.
(2) A person licensed under this chapter that dispenses an opiate antagonist to an individual with a
prescription for an opiate antagonist, to an overdose outreach provider with a prescription for an
opiate antagonist, or pursuant to a standing prescription drug order issued in accordance with
Subsection 26B-4-510(2) is not liable for any civil damages resulting from the outcomes of the
eventual administration of the opiate antagonist to an individual who another individual believes
is experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event.
(3) The provisions of this section and Title 26B, Chapter 4, Part 5, Treatment Access, do not
establish a duty or standard of care in the prescribing, dispensing, or administration of an opiate
antagonist.
(4) It is not unprofessional conduct or unlawful conduct for a licensee under this chapter to
dispense an opiate antagonist to a person, including a person described in Subsections
26B-4-512(1)(a)(i)(A) through (1)(a)(i)(F), on behalf of an individual if the person obtaining
the opiate antagonist has a prescription for the opiate antagonist from a licensed prescriber
or the opiate antagonist is dispensed pursuant to a standing prescription drug order issued in
accordance with Subsection 26B-4-510(2).
(5) It is not unprofessional conduct or unlawful conduct for a licensee under this chapter to
dispense an opiate antagonist to an overdose outreach provider if the overdose outreach
provider has a prescription for the opiate antagonist from a licensed prescriber issued pursuant
to Subsection 26B-4-509(2)(a)(iii).

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