Reference is to Printer's Date 1/10/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 1 and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 130, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-130-70.
(A) If a person is administered an
opioid antidote in a hospital emergency department or other
health care facility and the supervising physician diagnoses the
patient as having experienced an opioid overdose, the
supervising physician, the supervising physician's authorized
delegate, or the institutional pharmacy's pharmacist-in-charge
shall report to the department's Bureau of Drug Control
information regarding the opioid antidote administered for
inclusion in the prescription monitoring program. The
information submitted must include:
(1)
date the opioid antidote was administered;
(2)
dosage of opioid antidote administered and route of
administration; and
(3)
name, address, and date of birth of the person to whom the
opioid antidote was administered, if available.
(B) The supervising
physician, the supervising physician's authorized delegate, or
the institutional pharmacy's pharmacist-in-charge shall submit
the information required pursuant to subsection (A)
electronically to Drug Control within three business days after
a discharge diagnosis of an opioid overdose and administration
of an opioid antidote.
(C)(1) After a
supervising physician, the supervising physician's authorized
delegate, or the institutional pharmacy's pharmacist-in-charge
submits the name, address, and date of birth of a person to whom
an opioid antidote was administered as required by subsection
(A), Drug Control shall verify whether any prescription history
of the person appears in the prescription monitoring program
and, if prescription history exists, shall document for review
by a practitioner or an authorized delegate the date on which
the opioid antidote was administered to the person.
(2)
Drug Control also shall maintain data on the administering
of opioid antidotes as required by this section including, but
not limited to, the frequency with which opioid antidotes are
administered in hospital emergency departments as required
pursuant to subsection (A) and other health care facilities by
geographic location." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.