HOUSE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 357

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PHARMACY ACT TO ESTABLISH THAT LICENSED REGISTERED NURSES AND LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES EMPLOYED BY OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS MAY DISPENSE METHADONE FOR TAKE-HOME PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Pharmacy Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS--TAKE-HOME METHADONE.--A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse employed by an opioid treatment program may dispense a maximum of a twenty-seven-day supply of methadone for take-home purposes to a client of the opioid treatment program; provided that the container is labeled in a manner that conforms to board rules."