Michigan Laws 691.1503 – Administration of opioid antagonist; liability; definitions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 691.1503
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Licensed practical nurse: means an individual licensed to engage in the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 691.1501
- Physician: means an individual licensed to engage in the practice of medicine or the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 691.1501
(1) An individual who in good faith believes that another individual is suffering the immediate effects of an opioid-related overdose and who administers an opioid antagonist to the other individual is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting from the administration.
(2) This section does not apply in any of the following circumstances:
(a) If the individual who administers the opioid antagonist is a physician, physician’s assistant, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse and the opioid antagonist is administered in a hospital.
(b) If the conduct of the individual administering the opioid antagonist is willful or wanton misconduct.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) “Opioid antagonist” means naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of drug overdose.
(b) “Opioid-related overdose” means a condition, including, but not limited to, extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, or death, that results from the consumption or use of an opioid or another substance with which an opioid was combined or that a layperson would reasonably believe to be an opioid-related overdose that requires medical assistance.