§ 13-707. Authority of certificate holder

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   An individual who is certified may:

   (1) Upon presentment of a certificate, receive from any physician licensed to practice medicine in this State a prescription for premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for the administration of a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine;

   (2) Possess prescribed epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for the administration of a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine; and

   (3) In an emergency situation when physician services or emergency medical services are not immediately available, administer a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine to a person suffering or believed by the certificate holder to be suffering a severe adverse reaction to an insect sting.

HISTORY: 1995, ch. 551.

                    
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