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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-308.11" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “medication for opioid use disorder”:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Means a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Does not include a drug administered to mitigate opioid–related overdose symptoms.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each hospital shall establish and maintain, as part of its emergency services, protocols and capacity to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide to a patient before discharging the patient appropriate, evidence–based interventions that reduce the risk of subsequent harm and fatality following an opioid–related overdose or a visit for an opioid–related emergency medical condition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Possess at least one formulation of each U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved full opioid agonist and partial opioid agonist used for the treatment of opioid use disorder; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Treat a patient who presents in a hospital emergency department for care and treatment of an opioid–related overdose or opioid–related emergency medical condition with a medication for opioid use disorder if the treatment:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Occurs as recommended by the treating health care practitioner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is voluntarily agreed to by the patient.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A protocol established by a hospital under this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any requirement by the Department regarding prescribing opioid agonist treatment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Uniform practices for screening and diagnosing individuals who present with an opioid–related overdose or opioid–related emergency medical condition for an opioid use disorder based on the criteria in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Uniform practices for offering and administering opioid agonist medication to treat an opioid–related overdose or opioid use disorder; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Uniform practices to identify community–based treatment services that are appropriate for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Treating opioid use disorders; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Assisting patients to voluntarily access ongoing community–based treatment at discharge.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Before discharging a patient who is diagnosed with an opioid use disorder or administered or prescribed medication for opioid use disorder, a hospital shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Make a referral of the patient to an appropriate provider or facility for a timely appointment, when possible, to voluntarily continue treatment in the community; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Work with peer support professionals, as available, or other resources to assist the patient in accessing the identified treatment services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
