Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 792
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00513C-15                                            2015792__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to pharmacy; amending s. 465.189,
    3         F.S.; authorizing a registered intern under the
    4         supervision of a pharmacist to administer specified
    5         vaccines to an adult; revising which vaccines may be
    6         administered by a pharmacist or a registered intern
    7         under the supervision of a pharmacist; requiring a
    8         registered intern seeking to administer vaccines to be
    9         certified to administer such vaccines and to complete
   10         a minimum amount of coursework; providing an effective
   11         date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (6) of section 465.189,
   16  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   17         465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine
   18  autoinjection.—
   19         (1) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for
   20  Disease Control and Prevention for each recommended immunization
   21  or vaccine, a pharmacist, or a registered intern under the
   22  supervision of a pharmacist, may administer the following
   23  vaccines to an adult within the framework of an established
   24  protocol under a supervising physician licensed under chapter
   25  458 or chapter 459:
   26         (a) Immunizations or vaccines listed in the adult
   27  immunization schedule as of February 1, 2014, by the United
   28  States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The board may
   29  authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or vaccines as they
   30  are added to the adult immunization schedule Influenza vaccine.
   31         (b) Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United
   32  States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
   33  international travel as of July 1, 2015. The board may
   34  authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or vaccines as they
   35  are recommended by the United States Centers for Disease Control
   36  and Prevention for international travel Pneumococcal vaccine.
   37         (c) Immunizations or vaccines approved by the board in
   38  response to a state of emergency declared by the Governor
   39  pursuant to s. 252.36 Meningococcal vaccine.
   40         (d) Shingles vaccine.
   41         (6) Any pharmacist or registered intern seeking to
   42  administer vaccines to adults under this section must be
   43  certified to administer such vaccines pursuant to a
   44  certification program approved by the Board of Pharmacy in
   45  consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Board of
   46  Osteopathic Medicine. The certification program shall, at a
   47  minimum, require that the pharmacist attend at least 20 hours of
   48  continuing education classes approved by the board and that the
   49  registered intern complete at least 20 hours of coursework
   50  approved by the board. The program shall have a curriculum of
   51  instruction concerning the safe and effective administration of
   52  such vaccines, including, but not limited to, potential allergic
   53  reactions to such vaccines.
   54         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.