5708-S AMH HC H2834.1

SSB 5708  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Health Care

ADOPTED 04/05/2005

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 18.73.250 and 2001 c 24 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) All of the state's ambulance and aid services shall make epinephrine available to their emergency medical technicians in their emergency care supplies. The emergency medical technician may administer epinephrine to a patient ((of any age upon the presentation of evidence of a prescription for epinephrine or to a patient under eighteen years of age:
     (a) Upon the request of the patient or his or her parent or guardian; or
     (b) Upon the request of a person who presents written authorization from the patient or his or her parent or guardian making such a request
)) who is thirty years of age or less. The emergency medical technician may administer epinephrine to a patient who is over thirty years of age only upon the presentation of evidence of a prescription for epinephrine unless evidence of a prescription is not required under the local prehospital patient care protocols.
     (2) ((Any emergency medical technician, emergency medical service, or medical program director acting in good faith and in compliance with the provisions of this section shall not be liable for any civil damages arising out of the furnishing or administration of epinephrine.
     (3)
)) Nothing in this section authorizes the administration of epinephrine by a first responder."

     Correct the title.

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