Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 200
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-00276-09                                            2009200__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the regulation of drugs; providing
    3         a short title; amending s. 499.005, F.S.; prohibiting
    4         the sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery,
    5         importation, administration, and distribution of
    6         vaccines containing organic or inorganic mercury
    7         compounds in excess of a certain amount; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Vaccine Safety
   13  Act.”
   14         Section 2. Subsection (30) is added to section 499.005,
   15  Florida Statutes, to read:
   16         499.005 Prohibited acts.—It is unlawful for a person to
   17  perform or cause the performance of any of the following acts in
   18  this state:
   19         (30) The sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery,
   20  importation, administration, or distribution of any vaccine that
   21  contains any organic or inorganic mercury compound in excess of
   22  0.1 microgram per milliliter.
   23         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.