A health care professional who is authorized to prescribe or dispense an opioid antagonist is not subject to any disciplinary action or civil or criminal liability for the prescribing or dispensing of an opioid antagonist to an employer or a person whom the health care professional reasonably believes may be in a position to assist or administer the opioid antagonist to a person at risk for an opioid-related drug overdose.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-20A-106
Opioid antagonist--Professional prescribing--Immunity
Source: SL 2016, ch 174, § 3; SL 2023, ch 118, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.