(1) The State Board of Medicine as set forth in the act
of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical
Practice Act of 1985.
(2) The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine as set forth
in the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as
the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act.
(3) The State Board of Nursing as set forth in the act
of May 22, 1951 (P.L.317, No.69), known as The Professional
Nursing Law.
(4) The State Board of Podiatry as set forth in the act
of March 2, 1956 (1955 P.L.1206, No.375), known as the
Podiatry Practice Act.
(5) The State Board of Dentistry as set forth in the act
of May 1, 1933 (P.L.216, No.76), known as The Dental Law.
"Opioid." Any of the following:
(1) A preparation or derivative of opium.
(2) A synthetic narcotic that has opiate-like effects
but is not derived from opium.
(3) A group of naturally occurring peptides that bind at
or otherwise influence opiate receptors, including opioid
agonist.
"Patient." An individual who is under the medical care of a
practitioner.
"Practitioner." A health care practitioner as defined in
section 103 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known
as the Health Care Facilities Act.
"Secretary." The Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth.
"System." The Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All
Prescriptions Program electronic prescription monitoring system
with a database component as established under the act of
October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191), known as the Achieving
Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP)
Act.
"Voluntary nonopioid directive." A written instruction form
executed by a patient evidencing the named patient's request not
to have a controlled substance containing an opioid offered,
supplied, prescribed or otherwise administered to the named
patient by a practitioner.
§ 5203. Voluntary nonopioid directive.
(a) Duty of department.--
(1) In consultation with a Statewide professional
organization representing physicians licensed to practice
medicine in all its branches, Statewide organizations
representing nursing homes, registered professional nurses,
emergency medical systems and a Statewide organization
representing health care facilities, the department shall
develop and publish a uniform voluntary nonopioid directive
form which may be used by a patient to deny or refuse the
administration or prescribing of a controlled substance
containing an opioid by a practitioner.
(2) The voluntary nonopioid directive form developed by
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