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NRS 396.1216

Authorization to require each institution to adopt emergency response plan to address opioid-related drug overdoses; institutions authorized to tailor plan; model plan

Known as the University Securities Law

The act spans §§ 396–396 (367 sections).

(Added to NRS by 2025, 2078)

1. The Board of Regents may require each institution within the System to, in consultation with the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Human Services, adopt an emergency response plan to address opioid-related drug overdoses at the institution. Such an emergency response plan must include, without limitation:

(a) Plans for providing education on opioid-related drug overdoses;

(b) Measures to respond compassionately to opioid-related drug overdoses, including, without limitation:

(1) Emphasizing rescue breathing techniques; and

(2) Utilizing naloxone hydrochloride in the lowest dosage effective to restore breathing;

(c) Procedures for the distribution and administration of opioid antagonists, including, without limitation, ensuring ease of access to opioid antagonists; and

(d) Provisions ensuring that a student will not be subject to disciplinary action by the institution for obtaining an opioid antagonist.

2. Each institution within the System may tailor the emergency response plan described in subsection 1 to meet the needs and capacity of the institution for implementing the plan. In tailoring an emergency response plan, an institution may determine:

(a) Whether training related to the plan will be provided in person or virtually and synchronously or asynchronously;

(b) The locations at the institution where opioid antagonists will be accessible; and

(c) The manner in which opioid antagonists will be distributed at the institution.

3. An emergency response plan described in subsection 1 may not require a person to complete any training in order to obtain or administer an opioid antagonist.

4. The Board of Regents may adopt a model emergency response plan that meets the requirements of this section to assist institutions in developing their emergency response plans pursuant to subsection 1. The Board of Regents may not require an institution to utilize the model emergency response plan.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Opioid antagonist” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453C.040.

(b) “Opioid-related drug overdose” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 453C.050.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.