H.F. 154 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 148C.6 Treatment of opioid use 1 disorders. 2 1. A physician assistant may, consistent with federal law 3 and regulations, prescribe and administer buprenorphine and 4 other medications used in the medication-assisted treatment of 5 opioid use disorders. 6 2. The board of medicine shall adopt rules for the 7 implementation of this section. The rules shall allow 8 a physician assistant who has received a waiver from the 9 federal drug enforcement administration to prescribe and 10 administer a medication described in subsection 1 provided 11 that the physician assistant’s supervising physician is 12 eligible to receive a waiver from the federal drug enforcement 13 administration. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill allows a physician assistant to prescribe and 18 administer buprenorphine and other medications used in the 19 medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorders in a 20 manner consistent with federal law and regulations. The bill 21 requires the board of medicine to adopt rules to administer the 22 bill, which shall allow a physician assistant who has received 23 a waiver from the federal drug enforcement administration to 24 prescribe and administer a medication described in the bill if 25 the physician assistant’s supervising physician is eligible to 26 receive such a waiver. 27 -1- LSB 1998YH (1) 90 ss/rh 1/ 1