Section 26:2K-71 - Definitions relative to mobile intensive care paramedicsa. As used in this section: "Mobile intensive care paramedic" and "mobile intensive care unit" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L. 1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-7).
"Opioid antidote" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L. 2017, c. 116(C.26:2K-66).
b. Subject to the requirements of federal law, a mobile intensive care paramedic in this State who has responded to an emergency as a member of a dispatched mobile intensive care unit may administer buprenorphine, under the medical direction of a licensed, supervising physician, to an individual following the emergency administration of an opioid antidote to that individual provided that the mobile intensive care paramedic administering the buprenorphine:(1) is providing emergency medical services through a program that is registered with the United States Attorney General pursuant to subsection (j) of 21 U.S.C. s. 823;(2) administers the buprenorphine consistent with all applicable requirements of federal law; and(3) has completed supervised comprehensive training and competency assessments within a mobile intensive care unit regarding which specific medical conditions necessitate the administration of buprenorphine, buprenorphine dosage requirements, and required medical documentation following the administration of buprenorphine.Added by L. 2021, c. 153, s. 1, eff. 7/2/2021.