§ 5902. Urine drug screening requirement
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: February 12, 2024
Effective: February 12, 2024
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5902
§ 5902. Urine drug screening requirement
(1) If the urine drug screening conducted in accordance with subsection (a) detects fentanyl or xylazine, the emergency department shall report the test results, which shall be deidentified, to the department and shall provide informational materials under section 5903(a)(2) (relating to xylazine awareness education).
(c) Applicability.--The requirements of this chapter shall not apply if a health care practitioner of the emergency department determines that a positive test result for fentanyl is due to a legally prescribed course of treatment for the patient. The health care practitioner shall denote this exception in the patient's medical record.
“Acute care hospital.” A facility that provides inpatient and outpatient hospital services and is licensed by the department as a general or tertiary care hospital. The term does not include a specialty hospital.
“Controlled substance.” A drug, substance or immediate precursor included in Schedules I through V of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64),1 known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
“Department.” The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
“Emergency department.” An entity within a hospital that is organizationally distinct from other outpatient facilities and whose primary function is to provide emergency accident or emergency medical or surgical care. The term includes an outpatient emergency department.
“Health care practitioner.” As defined in section 103 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L. 130, No. 48),2 known as the Health Care Facilities Act.
“Urine drug screening.” A chemical analysis intended to test a patient for the presence of a controlled substance or xylazine.
Credits
2023, Dec. 14, P.L. 378, No. 43, § 1, effective in 60 days [Feb. 12, 2024].
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5902, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5902
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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