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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2857--C
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, BICHOTTE, FAHY,
          BLAKE, HEVESI, STIRPE, STECK, JOHNS, WEPRIN, WOERNER, SKOUFIS,  JONES,
          MORINELLO,  TITONE,  WALTER,  ORTIZ,  HUNTER,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  PICHARDO,
          D'URSO, MONTESANO,  DICKENS,  SEPULVEDA,  ERRIGO,  MOSLEY,  LIFTON  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M.   of A. BRAUNSTEIN, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HOOPER,
          JOYNER, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, RA, SCHIMMINGER, 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 amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said
          committee  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        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-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04291-08-8
        A. 2857--C                          2
     1  vision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy intern may  also  receive  a
     2  privilege to administer immunizations if he or she provides satisfactory
     3  evidence  to  the  commissioner that he or she meets the requirements of
     4  subdivision three of this section.
     5    3.  No  pharmacy  intern  shall  administer  immunizing agents without
     6  receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner and the commissioner
     7  of health, as prescribed in regulations of the commissioner, which shall
     8  include, but not be limited to: techniques for screening individuals and
     9  obtaining informed consent; techniques of  administration;  indications,
    10  precautions  and  contraindications  in  the  use of an agent or agents;
    11  recordkeeping of immunization and information; and handling emergencies,
    12  including anaphylaxis and needlestick injuries. To receive  a  privilege
    13  to administer immunizations, the pharmacy intern shall provide a certif-
    14  ication,  on a form prescribed by the department, from the dean or other
    15  appropriate official of the  registered  program  that  the  intern  has
    16  completed the required training.
    17    4.  A limited permit issued to a pharmacy intern shall have an expira-
    18  tion date of five years from the date of issue. Limited permits  may  be
    19  renewed once for a period not to exceed two years.
    20    [4.]  5.  Fees.  The  fee for each limited permit issued to a pharmacy
    21  intern shall be seventy dollars.
    22    6. In the case of a registered pharmacy intern, administration must be
    23  conducted in the physical presence of a licensed  pharmacist  authorized
    24  to  administer  vaccines.  A person receiving a vaccine must be informed
    25  that a registered pharmacy intern will be administering the vaccine  and
    26  of the option to receive the vaccination from a registered pharmacist.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.