PRINTER'S NO. 475
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
472
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY YAW, McGARRIGLE, BAKER, ALLOWAY, GREENLEAF,
SCAVELLO, ARGALL, YUDICHAK, BARTOLOTTA, RESCHENTHALER,
LANGERHOLC, WHITE, WARD, HUTCHINSON, COSTA, KILLION,
RAFFERTY, BROWNE, BREWSTER AND STEFANO, MARCH 2, 2017
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MARCH 2, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in prescribing opioids to minors,
providing for prescribing opioids to individuals and further
providing for definitions, for prohibition and for procedure.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The heading of Chapter 52A of Title 35 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, added November 2, 2016
(P.L.983, No.125), is amended to read:
CHAPTER 52A
PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS TO [MINORS] INDIVIDUALS
Section 2. The definition of "medical emergency" in section
52A01 of Title 35, added November 2, 2016 (P.L.983, No.125), is
amended to read:
§ 52A01. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
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