Maryland Code, HEALTH – GENERAL 13-3501
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(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Co-prescribing” means, with respect to an opioid overdose reversal drug, the practice of prescribing the drug in conjunction with an opioid prescription for a patient at an elevated risk of overdose.
(c) “Opioid overdose reversal drug” means naloxone or a similarly acting and equally safe drug that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a known or suspected opioid overdose.