Policymakers & Community Leaders

50 State Review on Opioid Related Policy – Appendix B: State-by-State Summary of Opioid Prescribing Regulations and Guidelines

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services prepared a 2017 review of opioid related policies in all 50 states to assist decision makers in evaluating what additional programmatic and policy actions they might want to adopt. This appendix to the report lists state opioid prescribing regulations and guidelines.

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Policymakers & Community Leaders

50 State Review on Opioid Related Policy

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services prepared this 2017 review of opioid-related policies in all 50 states to assist decision-makers in evaluating what additional programmatic and policy actions they might want to adopt. The report includes several appendices with additional information.

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Policymakers & Community Leaders

FAQs: Prehospital Opioid/Opiate Overdose Reporting for Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that first responders — including fire, emergency medical services, and law enforcement — report suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and doses of naloxone administered.

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Payers & Providers

FAQs: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that health care providers report cases of neonatal opioid withdrawal (or neonatal abstinence syndrome) as part of the state’s enhanced opioid surveillance.

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Patients & Caregivers

FAQs: Naloxone

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions about the state’s naloxone distribution program and the requirement that health care providers and first responders report naloxone dispensing and administration.

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FAQs: Medical Examiners – Laboratory Toxicology Surveillance Panel

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

As part of Arizona’s enhanced opioid surveillance, the Arizona Department of Health Services laboratory tests blood samples collected from individuals with suspected opioid overdoses. The laboratory performs a qualitative analysis to detect standard narcotics, opioids, fentanyl

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Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substance: Click for Control – HER Vendor Cost Sheet

Source: Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substance: Click for Control - HER Vendor Cost Sheet

Arizona adopted a law requiring all Arizona health care providers to use electronic prescribing for all Schedule II controlled substances by January 1, 2020. This one page document summarizes costs associated with adopting electronic prescribing of controlled substances in the most widely

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