§ 25-47-106. Emergency public access stations - life-saving allergy medication

CO Rev Stat § 25-47-106 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary:

(a) A medical professional may prescribe a stock supply of epinephrine auto-injectors to any authorized entity for storage in an EPAS and may place a stock supply of epinephrine auto-injectors in an EPAS maintained by an authorized entity;

(b) A medical professional may consult the user of an EPAS and make the epinephrine auto-injectors stored in the EPAS available to the user; and

(c) Any person may use an EPAS to administer or provide an epinephrine auto-injector to an individual believed in good faith to be experiencing anaphylaxis or to provide an epinephrine auto-injector to a family member, friend, colleague, caregiver, or person with a similar relationship with the individual.

(2) The use of an EPAS in accordance with this article is neither the practice of medicine nor of any other profession that requires licensure.