Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 5 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-71-142) › Chapter 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-60-1505) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6-60-101 — 6-60-122) › Section 6-60-122 - Opioid overdose rescue kit - Required - Definition

(a)
The Division of Higher Education shall consult and collaborate with the Arkansas Drug Director within the Department of Human Services to implement requirements related to ensuring that each campus of each institution in the State of Arkansas, by January 1, 2024, has an opioid overdose rescue kit in a clearly visible location that is labeled with the words "Opioid Overdose Rescue Kit - Naloxone Nasal Spray" or other language approved by the division.
(b)
An opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1)
Be visually free of advertisements;
(2)
Be located where it is readily available for public use; and
(3)
Include without limitation:
(A)
Narcan;
(B)
Naloxone; or
(C)
Another medication approved by the Department of Health and the United States Food and Drug Administration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the human body.
(c)
(1)
The location of each opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section shall be registered with the campus police of the institution.
(2)
(A)
An opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section shall be located within the storage locations that currently contain automated external defibrillators in each of the following on each campus of each institution without limitation:
(i)
An educational building;
(ii)
A dormitory;
(iii)
A student union;
(iv)
A sporting venue;
(v)
An on-campus, freestanding, institution-owned sorority or fraternity house;
(vi)
A campus health center; and
(vii)
Other locations as necessary.
(B)
In the event that an automated external defibrillator is not available in a location required under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section, an opioid overdose rescue kit shall be on an affixed wall mount that is clearly visible and located by the nearest fire extinguisher.
(3)
Each institution shall:
(A)
Perform inspections during the first month of each academic semester to determine if an opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section is in the required location; and
(B)
Replace used or expired opioid overdose rescue kits located on the campus of the institution as necessary.
(4)
A list of locations of each opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section shall be available through each institution's campus health center and the Department of Public Safety.
(d)
(1)
The administering institution official or other appropriate individual as designated shall report the use of an opioid overdose rescue kit required under this section to the Arkansas Drug Director within the Department of Human Services.
(2)
Reporting for purposes of complying with subdivision (d)(1) of this section may be made via:
(A)
A quick response code visible on a Naloxone box or an affixed wall mount on which an opioid overdose rescue kit is; or
(B)
The NARCANsas App made available by the Department of Human Services.
(e)
(1)
Each institution shall provide training regarding the use and location of each opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section during a freshman student orientation program sponsored by the institution.
(2)
Training regarding the use and location of each opioid overdose rescue kit required under subsection (a) of this section for students other than those students attending a freshman student orientation program may be made available through the following offered by the Department of Human Services:
(A)
The NARCANsas App; or
(B)
An in-person Collegiate NARCAN Campaign (SOR II).
(f)
As used in this section, "institution" means a state-supported two-year or four-year institution of higher education located in the State of Arkansas.
Added by Act 2023, No. 811,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.