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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-130-75

Opioid antidote distribution

Known as the South Carolina Overdose Prevention Act

The act spans §§ 44–44 (10 sections).

2022 Act No. 211 (S.1011), SECTION 3.A, eff May 23, 2022.

(A) A hospital, by and through a health care provider employed by the hospital, may distribute an opioid antidote to:

(1) a person at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose; or

(2) a caregiver of a person at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose.

(B) A hospital that distributes an opioid antidote in accordance with the provisions of this section is not, as a result of an act or omission, subject to civil or criminal liability. A health care provider employed by a hospital that distributes an opioid antidote for the hospital in accordance with the provisions of this section is not, as a result of an act or omission, subject to civil or criminal liability or subject to disciplinary action by the health care provider's licensing board.

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