Bill Text: FL S1892 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Administration of Vaccines

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-04 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1209 [S1892 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S1892-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1892
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       20-00701C-22                                          20221892__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to administration of vaccines;
    3         amending s. 465.014, F.S.; specifying training
    4         requirements for registered pharmacy technicians
    5         seeking to administer certain immunizations and
    6         vaccines; providing requirements for such training;
    7         requiring such registered pharmacy technicians to
    8         complete certain additional continuing education as a
    9         condition of registration renewal; amending s.
   10         465.189, F.S.; authorizing certified registered
   11         pharmacy technicians to administer specified
   12         immunizations and vaccines under certain
   13         circumstances; revising the specified immunizations
   14         and vaccines that certified pharmacists, registered
   15         interns, and registered pharmacy technicians may
   16         administer; revising a certain staffing ratio for
   17         supervising pharmacists; requiring pharmacists to
   18         maintain certain liability insurance in a specified
   19         amount in order to administer immunizations and
   20         vaccines; specifying certification requirements for
   21         registered pharmacy technicians seeking to administer
   22         immunizations and vaccines; providing an effective
   23         date.
   24          
   25  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   26  
   27         Section 1. Present subsections (7) and (8) of section
   28  465.014, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (8)
   29  and (9), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to that
   30  section, to read:
   31         465.014 Pharmacy technician.—
   32         (7) A registered pharmacy technician seeking to administer
   33  immunizations and vaccines under s. 465.189 must have at least
   34  20 hours of immunization-related training approved by the board
   35  or the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education which must,
   36  at a minimum, have a curriculum of instruction concerning the
   37  safe and effective administration of immunizations and vaccines
   38  specified in s. 465.189(1), including, but not limited to,
   39  potential allergic reactions to such immunizations and vaccines.
   40  As a condition of registration renewal, a registered pharmacy
   41  technician seeking to administer vaccines under s. 465.189 must
   42  complete at least 2 hours of continuing education approved by
   43  the board or the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education in
   44  addition to the biennial continuing education required by
   45  subsection (6).
   46         Section 2. Subsections (1), (4), (5), and (7) of section
   47  465.189, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   48         465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine
   49  autoinjection.—
   50         (1) In accordance with guidelines of the Centers for
   51  Disease Control and Prevention for each recommended immunization
   52  or vaccine, a pharmacist who is certified under subsection (7),
   53  or a registered intern or registered pharmacy technician who is
   54  under the supervision of a pharmacist and who is certified under
   55  subsection (7), may administer the following immunizations or
   56  vaccines to an adult within the framework of an established
   57  protocol under a supervising physician licensed under chapter
   58  458 or chapter 459:
   59         (a) Immunizations or vaccines listed in the Adult
   60  Immunization Schedule as of March 11, 2022 April 30, 2021, by
   61  the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
   62  The board may authorize by rule additional immunizations or
   63  vaccines as they are added to the Adult Immunization Schedule.
   64         (b) Immunizations or vaccines recommended by the United
   65  States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
   66  international travel as of March 11, 2022 April 30, 2021. The
   67  board may authorize by rule additional immunizations or vaccines
   68  as they are recommended by the United States Centers for Disease
   69  Control and Prevention for international travel.
   70         (c) Immunizations or vaccines licensed for use in the
   71  United States, or which have been authorized for emergency use,
   72  by the United States Food and Drug Administration as of March
   73  11, 2022 April 30, 2021. The board may authorize by rule
   74  additional immunizations or vaccines as they are so licensed or
   75  authorized.
   76         (d) Immunizations or vaccines approved by the board in
   77  response to a state of emergency declared by the Governor
   78  pursuant to s. 252.36.
   79  
   80  A registered intern or registered pharmacy technician who
   81  administers an immunization or vaccine under this subsection
   82  must be supervised by a certified pharmacist at a ratio of one
   83  pharmacist to one registered intern or registered pharmacy
   84  technician.
   85         (4) A pharmacist may not enter into a protocol under a
   86  supervising physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459
   87  or administer an immunization or vaccine under this section
   88  unless he or she maintains at least $200,000 of professional
   89  liability insurance and has completed training in administering
   90  vaccines authorized under this section.
   91         (5) A pharmacist administering immunizations or vaccines
   92  under this section shall maintain and make available patient
   93  records using the same standards for confidentiality and
   94  maintenance of such records as those that are imposed on health
   95  care practitioners under s. 456.057. These records shall be
   96  maintained for a minimum of 5 years.
   97         (7) Any pharmacist, or registered intern, or registered
   98  pharmacy technician seeking to administer immunizations and
   99  vaccines under this section must be certified to administer such
  100  immunizations and vaccines pursuant to a certification program
  101  approved by the board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board
  102  of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The
  103  certification program must shall, at a minimum, require that the
  104  pharmacist attend at least 20 hours of continuing education
  105  classes approved by the board, and the registered intern
  106  complete at least 20 hours of coursework approved by the board,
  107  and the registered pharmacy technician complete immunization
  108  related training and continuing education as specified in s.
  109  465.014(7). The certification programs must, at a minimum,
  110  program shall have a curriculum of instruction concerning the
  111  safe and effective administration of such immunizations and
  112  vaccines, including, but not limited to, potential allergic
  113  reactions to such vaccines.
  114         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.