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    2         An act relating to the administration of vaccines;
    3         amending s. 465.189, F.S.; revising the specified
    4         immunizations or vaccines that certified pharmacists
    5         and registered interns may administer to adults;
    6         authorizing certain pharmacists to administer
    7         influenza vaccines to individuals 7 years of age or
    8         older under certain circumstances; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Present subsections (2) through (8) of section
   14  465.189, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3)
   15  through (9), respectively, a new subsection (2) is added to that
   16  section, and subsection (1) and present subsection (6) of that
   17  section are amended, to read:
   18         465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine
   19  autoinjection.—
   20         (1) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for
   21  Disease Control and Prevention for each recommended immunization
   22  or vaccine, a pharmacist, or a registered intern under the
   23  supervision of a pharmacist who is certified under subsection
   24  (7)(6), may administer the following immunizations or vaccines
   25  to an adult within the framework of an established protocol
   26  under a supervising physician licensed under chapter 458 or
   27  chapter 459:
   28         (a) Immunizations or vaccines listed in the Adult
   29  Immunization Schedule as of April 30, 2021 February 1, 2015, by
   30  the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
   31  The board may authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or
   32  vaccines as they are added to the Adult Immunization Schedule.
   33         (b) Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United
   34  States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
   35  international travel as of April 30, 2021 July 1, 2015. The
   36  board may authorize, by rule, additional immunizations or
   37  vaccines as they are recommended by the United States Centers
   38  for Disease Control and Prevention for international travel.
   39         (c) Immunizations or vaccines licensed for use in the
   40  United States, or which have been authorized for emergency use,
   41  by the United States Food and Drug Administration as of April
   42  30, 2021. The board may authorize by rule additional
   43  immunizations or vaccines as they are so licensed or authorized.
   44         (d)(c) Immunizations or vaccines approved by the board in
   45  response to a state of emergency declared by the Governor
   46  pursuant to s. 252.36.
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   48  A registered intern who administers an immunization or vaccine
   49  under this subsection must be supervised by a certified
   50  pharmacist at a ratio of one pharmacist to one registered
   51  intern.
   52         (2) A pharmacist who is certified under subsection (7) may
   53  administer influenza vaccines to individuals 7 years of age or
   54  older within the framework of an established protocol under a
   55  supervising physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459.
   56         (7)(6) Any pharmacist or registered intern seeking to
   57  administer vaccines to adults under this section must be
   58  certified to administer such vaccines pursuant to a
   59  certification program approved by the Board of Pharmacy in
   60  consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Board of
   61  Osteopathic Medicine. The certification program shall, at a
   62  minimum, require that the pharmacist attend at least 20 hours of
   63  continuing education classes approved by the board and the
   64  registered intern complete at least 20 hours of coursework
   65  approved by the board. The program shall have a curriculum of
   66  instruction concerning the safe and effective administration of
   67  such vaccines, including, but not limited to, potential allergic
   68  reactions to such vaccines.
   69         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.