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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Opioid medication” means an opioid analgesic drug product, including, but not limited to, an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product.
(2) “Prescriber” means a person licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise subject to regulation pursuant to this division, or an initiative act referred to in this division, who is authorized to prescribe opioid medication.
(b) A prescriber authorized to prescribe a Schedule II controlled substance shall comply with this section when prescribing opioid medication to a minor.
(c) A prescriber shall not prescribe more than a five-day supply of opioid medication to a minor unless the prescription is for any of the following:
(1) Management of pain associated with cancer.
(2) Use in palliative or hospice care.
(3) Management of chronic pain not associated with cancer.
(4) Treatment of a substance use disorder.
(5) Sickle cell disease.
(6) Acute intermittent porphyria.
(d) Except in the case of a prescription for a use listed in subdivision (c), before prescribing a minor a course of treatment with opioid medication, regardless of whether the dosage is modified during that course of treatment, a prescriber shall do all of the following:
(1) Assess whether the minor has taken or is currently taking prescription drugs for treatment of a substance use disorder.
(2) Discuss with the minor and the minor’s parent or guardian, or other authorized adult, all of the following:
(A) The risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medication.
(B) The increased risk of addiction to opioid medication to individuals suffering from mental or substance abuse disorders.
(C) The dangers of taking opioid medication with benzodiazepines, alcohol, or other central nervous system depressants.
(D) Any other information deemed necessary by the prescriber.
(3) Obtain verbal consent for the prescription from the minor’s parent or guardian, or authorized adult. The prescriber shall note the consent in the minor’s record.
(e) Subdivision (c) and paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) shall not apply
if, the prescriber’s professional judgment, complying with subdivision (c) or with paragraph (3) of subdivision (d), respectively, with respect to the minor’s treatment would be detrimental to the minor’s health or safety. The prescriber shall document in the minor’s medical record the factor or factors which the prescriber believed constituted cause for not fulfilling the requirements of subdivision (c) or paragraph (3) of subdivision (d).
(f) This section shall not apply to emergency services and care as defined in Section 1317.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
(g) A violation of this section constitutes unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action by the prescriber’s licensing board. Each licensing board established under this division, or under an initiative act referred to in this division, shall be charged with enforcing this section as it pertains to that board’s prescribers.