Bill Text: IA HSB51 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the administering, prescribing, or ordering of immunizations or vaccines by a licensed podiatric physician, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-23 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. [HSB51 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB51-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MEYER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
administering,
prescribing,
or
ordering
1
of
immunizations
or
vaccines
by
a
licensed
podiatric
2
physician,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
149.5,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
149.5
Amputations
——
anesthesia
——
prescription
drugs
——
3
immunizations
and
vaccines
.
4
1.
A
license
to
practice
podiatry
shall
not
authorize
the
5
licensee
to
amputate
the
human
foot.
6
2.
A
licensed
podiatric
physician
may
do
all
of
the
7
following:
8
a.
Administer
local
anesthesia.
9
b.
Administer
conscious
sedation
in
a
hospital
or
an
10
ambulatory
surgical
center.
11
c.
Prescribe
and
administer
drugs
for
the
treatment
of
human
12
foot
ailments
as
provided
in
section
149.1
.
13
d.
Order,
prescribe,
or
administer
an
immunization
or
14
vaccine
pursuant
to
protocols
developed
by
the
board
in
15
consultation
with
the
department
of
health
and
human
services.
16
A
licensed
podiatric
physician
may
order,
prescribe,
or
17
administer
epinephrine
when
medically
indicated
for
an
18
anaphylactic
adverse
reaction
to
the
administered
immunization
19
or
vaccine.
20
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
21
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
provides
that
a
podiatric
physician
may
26
order,
prescribe,
or
administer
an
immunization
or
vaccine
27
pursuant
to
protocols
developed
by
the
board
of
podiatry
in
28
consultation
with
the
department
of
health
and
human
services.
29
Additionally,
the
bill
authorizes
a
licensed
podiatric
30
physician
to
order,
prescribe,
or
administer
epinephrine
when
31
medically
indicated
for
an
anaphylactic
adverse
reaction
to
the
32
administered
immunization
or
vaccine.
The
bill
takes
effect
33
upon
enactment.
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