Montana Code 50-32-605. Prescribing and dispensing authority for opioid antagonist
50-32-605. Prescribing and dispensing authority for opioid antagonist. A medical practitioner may prescribe, directly, by a standing order, or by a collaborative practice agreement, or dispense, as permitted under 37-2-104, an opioid antagonist to an eligible recipient. The medical practitioner shall document the reasons for which the opioid antagonist was prescribed or dispensed.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-32-605
- Dispense: means to deliver a dangerous drug to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the drug for that delivery. See Montana Code 50-32-101
- dispensing: has the meaning provided in 37-7-101. See Montana Code 50-32-603
- Eligible recipient: means :
(a)a person who is at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose;
(b)a family member, friend, or other person who is in a position to assist a person who is at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose;
(c)a first responder or a first responder entity;
(d)a harm reduction organization or its representative;
(e)the Montana state crime laboratory or its representative;
(f)a person who, on behalf of or at the direction of a law enforcement agency or officer, may process, store, handle, test, transport, or possess a suspected or confirmed opioid;
(g)a probation, parole, or detention officer;
(h)a county or other local public health department or its representative; or
(i)a veterans' organization or its representative. See Montana Code 50-32-603
- Medical practitioner: has the meaning provided in 37-2-101. See Montana Code 50-32-603
- Opioid antagonist: means a drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or inhibits the effects of opioids acting on those receptors. See Montana Code 50-32-603
- Practitioner: means :
(a)a physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, or conduct research with respect to or to administer a dangerous drug in the course of professional practice or research in this state;
(b)a pharmacy or other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, or conduct research with respect to or to administer a dangerous drug in the course of professional practice or research in this state; and
(c)a physician licensed to practice medicine or a dentist licensed to practice dentistry in another state. See Montana Code 50-32-101
- Standing order: means a written document prepared by a medical practitioner that authorizes an eligible recipient to acquire, distribute, or administer medication without a person-specific prescription. See Montana Code 50-32-603