{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-71","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2K-71","heading":"Definitions relative to mobile intensive care paramedics.","body":"1. a. As used in this section:\n\"Mobile intensive care paramedic\" and \"mobile intensive care unit\" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L.1984, c.146 (C.26:2K-7).\n\"Opioid antidote\" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.116 (C.26:2K-66).\nb.\tSubject to the requirements of federal law, a mobile intensive care paramedic in this State who has responded to an emergency as a member of a dispatched mobile intensive care unit may administer buprenorphine, under the medical direction of a licensed, supervising physician, to an individual following the emergency administration of an opioid antidote to that individual provided that the mobile intensive care paramedic administering the buprenorphine:\n(1)\tis providing emergency medical services through a program that is registered with the United States Attorney General pursuant to subsection (j) of 21 U.S.C. s.823;\n(2)\tadministers the buprenorphine consistent with all applicable requirements of federal law; and\n(3)\thas completed supervised comprehensive training and competency assessments within a mobile intensive care unit regarding which specific medical conditions necessitate the administration of buprenorphine, buprenorphine dosage requirements, and required medical documentation following the administration of buprenorphine.\nL.2021, c.153.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"190cc8c8f9dd4c578e4ef1a39d8dad49817bc1e9de082d8a77b1d90c601ae423","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-70","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2k-72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}