Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1254
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/01/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1110 and 1111
    4  insert:
    5         Section 24. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
    6  465.009, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         465.009 Continuing professional pharmaceutical education.—
    8         (6) Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(5):
    9         (a) Each pharmacist certified to administer a vaccine or
   10  epinephrine autoinjection under s. 465.189 must complete a 3
   11  hour continuing education course, which is shall be offered by a
   12  statewide professional association of physicians in this state
   13  accredited to provide educational activities designated for the
   14  American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award (AMA
   15  PRA) Category I credit, on the safe and effective administration
   16  of vaccines and epinephrine autoinjection as part of biennial
   17  relicensure or recertification. This course may be offered in a
   18  distance-learning format and must be included in the 30 hours of
   19  continuing professional pharmaceutical education specified in
   20  subsection (1). Effective October 1, 2014, the continuing
   21  education course required by this paragraph shall be increased
   22  to a 4-hour course and include a component on the safe and
   23  effective administration of the meningococcal vaccine.
   24         Section 25. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 465.189,
   25  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   26         465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine
   27  autoinjection.—
   28         (1) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for
   29  Disease Control and Prevention for each recommended immunization
   30  or vaccine, a pharmacist may administer the following vaccines
   31  to an adult within the framework of an established protocol
   32  under a supervising physician licensed under chapter 458 or
   33  chapter 459:
   34         (a) Influenza vaccine.
   35         (b) Pneumococcal vaccine.
   36         (c) Meningococcal vaccine.
   37         (d) Shingles vaccine.
   38         (2) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for
   39  Disease Control and Prevention, a pharmacist may administer the
   40  shingles vaccine within the framework of an established protocol
   41  and pursuant to a written or electronic prescription issued to
   42  the patient by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
   43  459.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 43
   48  and insert:
   49         provider service network; amending s. 465.009, F.S.;
   50         revising continuing professional pharmaceutical
   51         education requirements for certain pharmacists;
   52         amending s. 465.189, F.S.; authorizing pharmacists to
   53         administer meningococcal and shingles vaccines under
   54         certain circumstances; providing an effective date.