Effective: September 8, 2016
Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 - 131st General Assembly
(A) An individual who has completed the anaphylaxsis training required by section 3728.03 of the Revised Code and is authorized by a qualified entity may use an epinephrine autoinjector from a supply maintained under section 3728.03 of the Revised Code to do either of the following:
(1) Administer epinephrine to an individual believed in good faith to be experiencing anaphylaxis;
(2) Provide, for immediate administration, an epinephrine autoinjector to an individual believed in good faith to be experiencing anaphylaxis or to the parent, guardian, or caregiver of such an individual.
(B) Epinephrine may be administered under this section regardless of whether the individual believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis has a prescription for an epinephrine autoinjector or has previously been diagnosed with an allergy.