Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Article 6 - OPIOID POISONING-RELATED REPORTING
Section R9-4-601 - Definitions

Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 9-4-601

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024

In this Article, unless otherwise specified:

1. "Administrator" means the individual who is a senior leader in a health care institution or correctional facility.

2. "Ambulance service" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-2201.

3. "Business day" means the period from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday that is not a state holiday.

4. "Clinical laboratory" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-451.

5. "Correctional facility" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R9-6-101.

6. "Dispense" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 32-1901.

7. "Emergency medical services provider" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-2201.

8. "First response agency" means:

a. An ambulance service,

b. An emergency medical services provider, or

c. A law enforcement agency.

9. "Health care institution" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-401.

10. "Health professional" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 32-3201.

11. "Law enforcement agency" has the same meaning as in A.A.C. R13-1-101.

12. "Medical examiner" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 36-301.

13. "Naloxone" means a specific opioid antagonist that has been used since 1971 to block the effects of an opioid in an individual.

14. "Neonatal abstinence syndrome" means a set of signs of opioid withdrawal occurring in an individual shortly after birth that are indicative of opioid exposure while in the womb.

15. "Opioid" means the same as "opiate" in A.R.S. § 36-2501.

16. "Opioid antagonist" means a prescription medication, as defined in A.R.S. § 32-1901, that:

a. Is approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration; and

b. When administered, reverses, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body.

17. "Opioid overdose" means respiratory depression, slowing heart rate, or unconsciousness or mental confusion caused by the administration, including self-administration, of an opioid to an individual.

18. "Pharmacist" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 32-1901.

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