PCS for HB 1063, Administration of Vaccines — Florida House of Representatives (2021)
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Summary
A three-page PCS for HB 1063 from the Florida House of Representatives, 2021, a bill relating to administration of vaccines. It amends s. 465.189, F.S., which governs administration of vaccines and epinephrine autoinjection by pharmacists and registered interns. The bill text addresses the immunizations or vaccines a pharmacist, or a registered intern supervised by a certified pharmacist, may administer to adults under an established protocol with a supervising physician. It adds a subsection authorizing a certified pharmacist to administer influenza vaccines to individuals 7 years of age and older, and retains a certification program requiring at least 20 hours of continuing education or coursework. Section 2 provides that the act takes effect July 1, 2021.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
PCS for HB 1063 ORIGINAL 2021
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to administration of vaccines;
3 amending s. 465.189, F.S.; revising the recommended
4 immunizations or vaccines a pharmacist, or a
5 registered intern under certain conditions, may
6 administer; authorizing a certified pharmacist to
7 administer the influenza vaccine to specified
8 individuals; providing an effective date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
11
12 Section 1. Subsections (2) through (8) of section 465.189,
13 Florida Statutes, are renumbered as sections (3) through (9),
14 respectively, subsection (1) and present subsection (6) are
15 amended, and a new subsection (2) is added to that section, to
16 read:
17 465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine
18 autoinjection.—
19 (1) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for
20 Disease Control and Prevention for each recommended immunization
21 or vaccine, a pharmacist, or a registered intern under the
22 supervision of a pharmacist who is certified under subsection
23 (7) (6), may administer the following vaccines to an adult
24 within the framework of an established protocol under a
25 supervising physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459:
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26 (a) Immunizations or vaccines listed in the Adult
27 Immunization Schedule as of February 1, 2015, by the United
28 States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Recommended
29 Immunization Schedule, the United States Centers for Disease
30 Control and Prevention’s Health Information for International
31 Travel, or the United States Food and Drug Administration’s
32 Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United States. The board may
33 authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or vaccines as they
34 are added to the United States Centers for Disease Control and
35 Prevention’s Recommended Immunization Schedule, recommended by
36 the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
37 international travel, or licensed by the United States Food and
38 Drug Administration’s Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United
39 States added to the Adult Immunization Schedule.
40 (b) Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United
41 States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
42 international travel as of July 1, 2015. The board may
43 authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or vaccines as they
44 are recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control
45 and Prevention for international travel.
46 (b)(c) Immunizations or vaccines approved by the board in
47 response to a state of emergency declared by the Governor
48 pursuant to s. 252.36.
49
50 A registered intern who administers an immunization or vaccine
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51 under this subsection must be supervised by a certified
52 pharmacist at a ratio of one pharmacist to one registered
53 intern.
54 (2) A pharmacist who is certified under subsection (7) may
55 administer influenza vaccines to individuals 7 years of age and
56 older within the framework of an established protocol under a
57 supervising physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459.
58 (7)(6) Any pharmacist or registered intern seeking to
59 administer vaccines to adults under this section must be
60 certified to administer such vaccines pursuant to a
61 certification program approved by the Board of Pharmacy in
62 consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Board of
63 Osteopathic Medicine. The certification program shall, at a
64 minimum, require that the pharmacist attend at least 20 hours of
65 continuing education classes approved by the board and the
66 registered intern complete at least 20 hours of coursework
67 approved by the board. The program shall have a curriculum of
68 instruction concerning the safe and effective administration of
69 such vaccines, including, but not limited to, potential allergic
70 reactions to such vaccines.
71 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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