act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care
Facilities Act, including a practitioner who provides services
in an emergency department at a hospital and is authorized to
prescribe medication under the laws of this Commonwealth.
"Hospital." As defined in section 802.1 of the Health Care
Facilities Act.
"Opioid drug product." A drug product that contains an
opioid agonist and is designated by the United States Food and
Drug Administration for the treatment of pain.
Section 3. Prescribing practices in emergency departments.
(a) Limitation on quantity of opioid drug products.--A
health care practitioner may only prescribe an opioid drug
product to an individual seeking treatment in an emergency
department if the quantity of the opioid drug product to treat
the individual does not exceed seven days.
(b) Refills.--A health care practitioner in an emergency
department may not authorize the refilling of a prescription for
an opioid analgesic drug product that has been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
Section 4. Referral to treatment.
A health care practitioner shall refer an individual for
treatment if the individual is believed to be at risk for
substance abuse while seeking treatment in an emergency
department.
Section 5. Use of prescription drug monitoring program.
To determine whether a patient may be under treatment with an
opioid drug product by another health care practitioner, the
prescribing health care practitioner shall access the
prescription drug monitoring program in accordance with section
8 of the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191), known as
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