Bill Text: FL S0792 | 2015 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Pharmacy
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-23 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 279 (Ch. 2015-108) [S0792 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S0792-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2015 CS for SB 792 By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Bean 588-02138A-15 2015792c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to pharmacy; amending s. 465.189, 3 F.S.; authorizing a registered intern under the 4 supervision of a pharmacist to administer specified 5 vaccines to an adult; revising which vaccines may be 6 administered by a pharmacist or a registered intern 7 under the supervision of a pharmacist; requiring a 8 one-to-one ratio for such supervision; requiring a 9 registered intern seeking to administer vaccines to be 10 certified to administer such vaccines and to complete 11 a minimum amount of coursework; providing an effective 12 date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 16 Section 1. Subsections (1) and (6) of section 465.189, 17 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 18 465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine 19 autoinjection.— 20 (1) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for 21 Disease Control and Prevention for each recommended immunization 22 or vaccine, a pharmacist who is certified under subsection (6), 23 or a registered intern who is under the supervision of a 24 pharmacist, if both the pharmacist and the registered intern are 25 certified under subsection (6), may administer the following 26 vaccines to an adult within the framework of an established 27 protocol under a supervising physician licensed under chapter 28 458 or chapter 459: 29 (a) Immunizations or vaccines listed in the recommended 30 adult immunization schedule as of February 2015 by the United 31 States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The board may 32 authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or vaccines as they 33 are added to the adult immunization scheduleInfluenza vaccine. 34 (b) Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United 35 States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 36 international travel as of July 1, 2015. The board may 37 authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or vaccines as they 38 are recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control 39 and Prevention for international travelPneumococcal vaccine. 40 (c) Immunizations or vaccines approved by the board in 41 response to a state of emergency declared by the Governor 42 pursuant to s. 252.36Meningococcal vaccine. 43(d) Shingles vaccine.44 When a registered intern administers an immunization under this 45 subsection, the registered intern must be supervised by a 46 pharmacist at a ratio of one pharmacist to one registered 47 intern. 48 (6) Any pharmacist or registered intern seeking to 49 administer vaccines to adults under this section must be 50 certified to administer such vaccines pursuant to a 51 certification program approved by the Board of Pharmacy in 52 consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Board of 53 Osteopathic Medicine. The certification program shall, at a 54 minimum, require that the pharmacist attend at least 20 hours of 55 continuing education classes approved by the board and that the 56 registered intern complete at least 20 hours of coursework 57 approved by the board. The program shall have a curriculum of 58 instruction concerning the safe and effective administration of 59 such vaccines, including, but not limited to, potential allergic 60 reactions to such vaccines. 61 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.