§ 19C — High opiate overdose area pharmacies required to maintain continuous supply of naloxone rescue kits or opioid antagonist medications

[ Text of section effective until March 23, 2025. For text effective March 23, 2025, see below.]Section 19C. The board of registration in pharmacy shall promulgate regulations requiring pharmacies located in areas with high incidents of opiate overdose, as determined by the board in consultation with the department of public health, to maintain a continuous supply of naloxone rescue kits or opioid antagonist medications, as defined in section 19B. Pharmacists employed in locations covered by the regulations shall be subject to the requirements of section 19B.Chapter 94C: Section 19C. High opiate overdose area pharmacies required to maintain continuous supply of naloxone rescue kits or opioid antagonist medications[ Text of section as amended by 2024, 285, Sec. 4 effective March 23, 2025. For text effective until March 23, 2025, see above.]Section 19C. The board of registration in pharmacy shall promulgate regulations requiring pharmacies located in areas with high incidence of opiate overdose, as determined by the board in consultation with the department, to maintain a continuous supply of opioid antagonists, as defined in section 19B; provided, however, that the continuous supply of opioid antagonists shall include opioid antagonists that are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be sold over the counter without a prescription; and provided further, that such pharmacies shall notify the department if the supply or stock of opioid antagonist doses is insufficient to enable compliance with maintaining a continuous supply of opioid antagonists.