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


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         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.
                                                                   LBD04291-06-7

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     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.
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