Tennessee increases availability of Naloxone to fight Opioid Overdose
September 13, 2016
Nashville, TN – Tennessee has a powerful new tool to fight opioid overdose with the passage of Public Chapter 596. This new law allows authorized pharmacists to dispense naloxone to a person at risk of opioid overdose or to a family member, friend or other person to assist someone at risk of an opiate-related overdose.
Public Chapter 596 sets up a statewide pharmacy practice agreement for what is called “opioid antagonist therapy.”
Public Chapter 596 alows authorized pharmacists to dispense naloxone for opioid overdose
