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Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, is a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, and current Utah law protects health care providers, pharmacists, and overdose outreach organizations from civil lawsuits when they prescribe, dispense, furnish, or administer this medication in good faith, but those protections don't clearly address using naloxone that has passed its printed expiration date. This bill would extend those legal protections to cover naloxone up to 24 months past its expiration date, allowing licensed providers and pharmacists to prescribe and dispense it, overdose outreach workers to furnish it, and anyone to administer it without facing civil lawsuits, criminal charges, or professional discipline. It also clarifies that immunity from administering naloxone in good faith covers both civil lawsuits and criminal prosecution, and it requires health care providers who dispense naloxone to individuals or outreach providers to include information about the safety, effectiveness, and risks of using an expired dose as part of the required education they already provide.