[Adopted 2-9-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
The following terms used in this article shall have the meanings
indicated:
OPIOID
An opiate as defined in § 3302 of the Public Health
Law.
OPIOID ANTAGONIST
A drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration that,
when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the
pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. An opioid antagonist
is limited to naloxone or other medications approved by the New York
State Department of Health for this purpose.
PHARMACY
A pharmacy registered in accordance with Article 137 of the
New York State Education Law.
PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE
Notice of the availability of an opioid antagonist at a particular
pharmacy in a form provided by the Monroe County Department of Public
Health.
STANDING ORDER
A non-patient-specific prescription to dispense an opioid
antagonist to a consumer.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or
part of this article or the application thereof to any person, individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or circumstance shall be adjudged
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such order or judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this article,
or in its application to the person, individual, corporation, firm,
partnership, entity, or circumstance directly involved in the controversy
in which such order or judgment shall be rendered.
This article shall take effect 90 days after it is filed with
the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal
Home Rule Law.