Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 850
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  01/26/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 64 - 74
    4  and insert:
    5         (5) Any pharmacist seeking to administer a vaccine or
    6  epinephrine autoinjection influenza virus immunizations to
    7  adults under this section must first complete a 20-hour
    8  certification program on the administration of vaccines and
    9  epinephrine autoinjection offered by a statewide professional
   10  association of physicians in the state which is accredited to
   11  provide educational activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1
   12  credit be certified to administer influenza virus immunizations
   13  pursuant to a certification program approved by the Board of
   14  Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the
   15  Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The certification program must
   16  shall, at a minimum, require that the pharmacist attend at least
   17  20 hours of continuing education classes approved by the board.
   18  The program shall have a curriculum of instruction concerning
   19  the safe and
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   22         And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete lines 6 - 7
   24  and insert:
   25         circumstances; authorizing pharmacists to administer
   26         an epinephrine autoinjection