Section 17.20.085 - [Effective 1/1/2027] Opioid overdose drugs(a) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a health care provider authorized to prescribe an opioid overdose drug may prescribe an opioid overdose drug directly or by standing order or protocol to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to a family member, friend, caregiver, or other person in a position to administer an opioid overdose drug to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.(b) An employee or volunteer of an opioid overdose program, if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) of this section, notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, may receive a supply of opioid overdose drugs, possess opioid overdose drugs, and provide an opioid overdose drug to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to a family member, friend, caregiver, or other person in a position to administer an opioid overdose drug to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.(c) The chief medical officer of the department may issue a standing order, including a statewide standing order, for the prescription of an opioid overdose drug. (d)[Repealed, Sec. 4 ch 47 SLA 2024].(e) In this section,(1) "health care provider" means a licensed physician, osteopath, dentist, advanced nurse practitioner, physician assistant, nurse, village health aide, or pharmacist operating within the scope of the health care provider's authority;(2) "opioid" includes the opium and opiate substances and opium and opiate derivatives listed in AS 11.71.140;(3) "opioid overdose drug" means a drug that reverses, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid overdose;(4) "opioid overdose program" means a program that provides opioid overdose drugs to persons at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to a family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.(5) "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.145(d).(f) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a school district, if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may receive a supply of opioid overdose drugs from the department and may possess opioid overdose drugs for the purposes of AS 14.30.145.(g) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a person, if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may administer an opioid overdose drug under AS 14.30.145 to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose.Amended by SLA 2024, ch. 47,sec. 3, eff. 11/28/2024.Amended by SLA 2024, ch. 47,sec. 2, eff. 11/28/2024.Amended by SLA 2024, ch. 47,sec. 4, eff. 1/1/2027.Amended by SLA 2021, ch. 14,§§sec.1, sec.2, sec.3 eff. 6/29/2021.Amended by SLA 2017, ch. 1,sec. 2, eff. 6/30/2021.Amended by SLA 2017, ch. 1,sec. 1, eff. 3/21/2017.Added by SLA 2016, ch. 2,sec. 6, eff. 3/14/2016. See SLA 2017, ch. 1, sec. 3.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.