New Jersey Statutes 24:6J-5. Overdose prevention information
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 24:6J-5
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(2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c.152).
b. (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c.152).
(2) The dissemination of overdose prevention information shall be documented by the prescribing or dispensing health care practitioner or dispensing pharmacist in the patient’s medical record or another appropriate record, log or other similar recordkeeping location.
c. In order to facilitate the dissemination of overdose prevention information in accordance with this section, the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Health and Statewide organizations representing physicians, advanced practice nurses, or physician assistants, and organizations operating community-based programs, sterile syringe access programs, or other programs which address medical or social issues related to substance use disorders, may develop training materials in video, electronic, or other appropriate formats, and disseminate these materials to health care practitioners. The Commissioner of Human Services may make the materials available to the general public through the Internet website of the Department of Human Services, with such modifications as may be appropriate to adapt the materials for use by persons who are not health care practitioners. The commissioner shall ensure the materials are available in English, Spanish, and any other language that the commissioner determines is the first language of a significant number of people who are likely to be prescribed or dispensed an opioid antidote in accordance with subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.2013, c.46 (C. 24:6J-4) or dispensed an opioid antidote pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2017, c.88 (C. 45:14-67.2).
L.2013, c.46, s.5; amended 2015, c.10, s.3; 2021, c.152, s.4.