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S1144.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Adds to existing law to provide for the
dispensation by nurses of certain controlled substances in a narcotics
treatment facility.
02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Goedde, Hammond,
Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge,
Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway,
Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Coiner, Geddes, Pearce
Floor Sponsor - Hammond
Title apvd - to House
03/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-0-7
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chew, Clark,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Henderson,
Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher,
Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Nielsen, Nonini,
Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche,
Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Vander Woude,
Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35)
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Chavez, Harwood, Henbest, Moyle, Roberts,
Thayn, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Loertscher
Title apvd - to Senate
03/20 To enrol
03/21 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/22 To Governor
03/28 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 250
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1144
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 27, TITLE 37,
3 IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 37-2727, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
4 VIDE FOR THE DISPENSATION BY NURSES OF CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN A
5 NARCOTICS TREATMENT FACILITY AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN NURSES FROM REGISTRA-
6 TION REQUIREMENTS.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Article III, Chapter 27, Title 37, Idaho Code, be, and
9 the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be
10 known and designated as Section 37-2727, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
11 37-2727. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN NARCOTIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS. (1) At a
12 facility with a controlled substance registration certificate issued by the
13 United States department of justice, drug enforcement administration, for the
14 operation of a narcotic treatment program, a nurse licensed under chapter 14,
15 title 54, Idaho Code, may, pursuant to a valid order of a physician licensed
16 under chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code:
17 (a) Prepare and administer to a patient at that facility a controlled
18 substance whether or not a practitioner is present; and
19 (b) Deliver at that facility to a patient for subsequent use by the
20 patient off-site, take-home doses of a controlled substance, provided
21 that:
22 (i) The patient is entitled to receive take-home doses of the con-
23 trolled substance;
24 (ii) The take-home doses delivered by the nurse to the patient were
25 obtained at the facility by the nurse from a locked storage area
26 suitable to prevent unauthorized access and to ensure a proper envi-
27 ronment for preservation of the drugs within such area; and
28 (iii) The take-home doses were prepared pursuant to a valid order of
29 the physician by a pharmacist licensed under chapter 17, title 54,
30 Idaho Code, and were delivered by the pharmacist to the locked stor-
31 age area at the facility in a suitable container appropriately
32 labeled for subsequent delivery by the nurse to the patient and for
33 subsequent use by the patient entitled to receive the take-home doses
34 of the controlled substance.
35 (2) A nurse acting under the authority of this section is exempt from the
36 registration requirements imposed by this chapter.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16933
This legislation permits nurses to administer controlled substances
to patients at narcotic treatment facilities pursuant to a doctor's
orders.
Currently there are no narcotic treatment facilities in Idaho because
the daily doses of medication may be administered only by a physician,
physician s assistant or advance practice professional nurse. Not only
does this require unnecessary additional cost, making these centers
uneconomic, it is not ajob that requires the advanced skills those
people possess. Passage of this legislation will enable narcotics
treatment to be made available in Idaho.
FISCAL NOTE
There will be no direct fiscal impact to the general fund although to
the extent treatment is available for people with narcotics addiction,
demands placed on the general fund by those people should be reduced.
CONTACT
Name: Ken McClure
Phone: 388-1200
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1144