Section 3309. Opioid overdose prevention


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  • 1. The commissioner is authorized
      to establish standards for approval of any  opioid  overdose  prevention
      program  which may include, but not be limited to, standards for program
      directors, appropriate clinical oversight, training, record keeping  and
      reporting.
        2.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provisions of section sixty-five
      hundred twelve of the education law or  any  other  law,  the  purchase,
      acquisition,  possession or use of an opioid antagonist pursuant to this
      section shall not constitute the unlawful practice of  a  profession  or
      other violation under title eight of the education law or this article.
        3.  Use  of  an  opioid  antagonist  pursuant to this section shall be
      considered first aid or emergency  treatment  for  the  purpose  of  any
      statute relating to liability.
        4.  The  commissioner  shall  publish  findings  on  statewide  opioid
      overdose data that reviews overdose death rates and other information to
      ascertain changes in the cause and rates of fatal opioid overdoses.  The
      report  may  be  part  of existing state mortality reports issued by the
      department, and shall be submitted  annually  for  three  years  and  as
      deemed  necessary  by  the commissioner thereafter, to the governor, the
      temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the  assembly.  The
      report shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
        (a)  information  on  opioid  overdose  deaths, including age, gender,
      ethnicity, and geographic location;
        (b) data on emergency room utilization for  the  treatment  of  opioid
      overdose;
        (c) data on utilization of pre-hospital services;
        (d) suggested improvements in data collection.