In January 2016, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals promulgated regulations setting forth training and monitoring requirements for a licensed medical practitioner who prescribes, dispenses, or administers naloxone or another opioid antagonist to a person reasonably believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose. The regulations require that, upon stabilization of the patient, the treating practitioner refer the patient to substance use treatment and offer information regarding substance use treatment.
In March 2019, the final report on policy recommendations was submitted to the Louisiana Legislature
and the Louisiana Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education. View the report here.
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