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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-130-50

Caregiver may administer opioid antidote; immunity

Known as the South Carolina Overdose Prevention Act

The act spans §§ 44–44 (10 sections).

2015 Act No. 54 (H.3083), SECTION 1, eff June 3, 2015.

(A) A caregiver may in an emergency administer, without fee, an opioid antidote to a person whom the caregiver believes in good faith is experiencing an opioid overdose if the caregiver has received the opioid overdose information provided for in Section 44-130-30.

(B) A caregiver who administers an opioid antidote in accordance with the provisions of this section is not subject to civil or criminal liability.

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