Bill Text: NY A02857 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing pharmacy interns to administer immunizations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-12)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-07 - signed chap.359 [A02857 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02857-Amended.html
Bill Title: Relates to authorizing pharmacy interns to administer immunizations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-12)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-07 - signed chap.359 [A02857 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02857-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2857--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, KEARNS, BICHOTTE, FAHY, BLAKE, HEVESI, STIRPE, STECK, JOHNS, WEPRIN, WOERNER, SKOUFIS, JONES, MORINELLO, TITONE, WALTER, ORTIZ, HUNTER, ENGLEBRIGHT, PICHARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, HAWLEY, HOOPER, JOYNER, LUPARDO, LUPINACCI, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, RA, SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing pharmacy interns to administer immunizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6806 of the education law, as added by chapter 987 2 of the laws of 1971, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws 3 of 1989, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 6806. Limited permits. 1. The department may issue a limited permit 5 for employment as a "pharmacy intern" to: 6 a. A student enrolled in the last two years of a registered program in 7 pharmacy, or 8 b. A graduate of a program in pharmacy which meets standards estab- 9 lished by the commissioner's regulations who is engaged in meeting the 10 experience requirements or whose application for initial licensure is 11 pending with the department. 12 2. A pharmacy intern may, as determined by the commissioner's regu- 13 lations, practice as a pharmacist under the immediate personal super- 14 vision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy intern may also receive a 15 privilege to administer immunizations if he or she provides satisfactory 16 evidence to the commissioner that he or she meets the requirements of 17 subdivision three of this section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04291-06-7A. 2857--B 2 1 3. No pharmacy intern shall administer immunizing agents without 2 receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner and the commissioner 3 of health, as prescribed in regulations of the commissioner, which shall 4 include, but not be limited to: techniques for screening individuals and 5 obtaining informed consent; techniques of administration; indications, 6 precautions and contraindications in the use of an agent or agents; 7 recordkeeping of immunization and information; and handling emergencies, 8 including anaphylaxis and needlestick injuries. To receive a privilege 9 to administer immunizations, the pharmacy intern shall provide a certif- 10 ication, on a form prescribed by the department, from the dean or other 11 appropriate official of the registered program that the intern has 12 completed the required training. 13 4. A limited permit issued to a pharmacy intern shall have an expira- 14 tion date of five years from the date of issue. Limited permits may be 15 renewed once for a period not to exceed two years. 16 [4.] 5. Fees. The fee for each limited permit issued to a pharmacy 17 intern shall be seventy dollars. 18 6. In the case of a registered pharmacy intern, administration must be 19 conducted in the physical presence of a licensed pharmacist authorized 20 to administer vaccines. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.