Bill Text: TX SB2042 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of a medication, immunization, or vaccination by a pharmacist.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2042 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2042-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2042 |
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relating to the administration of a medication, immunization, or | ||
vaccination by a pharmacist. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 554.004, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 554.004. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION, IMMUNIZATION, | ||
OR VACCINATION. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 554.004(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall specify conditions under which a | ||
pharmacist may administer medication, including an immunization or | ||
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immunization or vaccination must ensure that: | ||
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education, and certification as specified by the board to | ||
administer the immunization or vaccination [ |
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administering an immunization or vaccination [ |
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pharmacist notifies the licensed health care provider responsible | ||
for the patient's care that the immunization or vaccination | ||
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immunization or vaccination [ |
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patient's residence, except at a licensed nursing home or hospital; | ||
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or vaccination under a physician's written protocol and meets the | ||
standards established by the board; and | ||
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an immunization or vaccination [ |
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SECTION 3. Sections 554.052(a) and (c-1), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board by rule shall require a pharmacist to notify a | ||
physician who prescribes an immunization or vaccination [ |
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vaccination. The physician shall prescribe the period for providing | ||
notice and the form of the notice in the physician's written | ||
protocol. The period for providing notice may not be later than the | ||
14th day after the date the immunization or vaccination is | ||
administered. | ||
(c-1) A pharmacist may administer an influenza, Tdap, human | ||
papillomavirus, or meningococcal vaccination to a patient who is at | ||
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physician-patient relationship. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |