{"data":{"id":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-5205","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"35 Pa.C.S. § 5205","heading":"Exemption from liability.","body":"(a) Practitioner exemption.--No practitioner or employee of a practitioner acting in good faith shall be subject to criminal or civil liability or be considered to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for failing to offer or administer a prescription or medication order for a controlled substance containing an opioid under the voluntary nonopioid directive form.\n(b) Representative exemption.--No person acting as a representative or an agent under a health care proxy shall be subject to criminal or civil liability for making a decision under section 5204(a)(3) (relating to guidelines) in good faith.","path":["Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY","PART III PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 52 PATIENT VOLUNTARY NONOPIOID DIRECTIVE"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=35\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=52\u0026sctn=5\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 35 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:32:43Z","sha256":"cee915fa3229fb49c0c63919f20b91d4ebc20d64e9c1a324dd8d64d957d55320","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-5204","next":"us-pa/35-pa.c.s.-5206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}