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NRS 453C.140

Authority of Department of Human Services to award grants

Known as the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act

The act spans §§ 453–453 (12 sections).

(Added to NRS by 2015, 112)

The Department of Human Services may, within the limits of available money, award grants for:

1. Educational programs for the prevention and recognition of and responses to opioid-related drug overdoses and other drug overdoses;

2. Training programs for patients who receive opioid antagonists and for the families and caregivers of such patients concerning the prevention and recognition of and responses to opioid-related drug overdoses and other drug overdoses;

3. Projects to encourage, when appropriate, the prescription and distribution of opioid antagonists; and

4. Education and training programs on the prevention and recognition of and responses to opioid-related drug overdoses and other drug overdoses for members and volunteers of law enforcement agencies and agencies that provide emergency medical services and other emergency services.

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