Training Required for Dispensing or Distribution of

Opioid Antagonist.

(a)An employee or volunteer of a community-based organization shall not dispense or distribute an opioid antagonist under this section unless he or she completes training conducted by the Department of Public Health and Social Services or Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center or its designee.

(b)The training required by this subsection shall include: COL 8/23/2023 CH. 16 THE GUAM OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT OF 2023

(1)How to screen a patient for being at risk of an opioid-related overdose;

(2)How opioid antagonists operate to stop an opioidrelated overdose;

(3)When the administration of an opioid antagonist is medically indicated;

(4)How to properly administer an opioid antagonists and circumstances under which administration of an opioid antagonists is contraindicated; and

(5)Precautions, warnings, and potential adverse reactions related to the administration of an opioid antagonist.

(c)Upon prescribing, administering, dispensing, or distributing an opioid antagonist, the health care professional or employee or volunteer of a community-based organization shall provide education and training to the recipient of an opioid antagonist. The education and training shall include:

(1)how to identify an opioid-related overdose;

(2)how to properly administer the prescribed opioid antagonist and circumstances under which administration is contraindicated;

(3)precautions, warnings, and potential adverse reactions related to administration of the prescribed opioid antagonist;

(4)how opioid antagonists operate to stop an opioidrelated overdose;

(5)the importance of seeking medical care for the person experiencing the opioid-related overdose immediately after the opioid antagonists is administered; and

(6)information on how to access substance abuse treatment services.