Bill Text: CT HB05214 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5214 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Allowing Medical Assistants To Administer Vaccines And Nebulizer Treatments.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-09 - File Number 310 [HB05214 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05214-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 5214*
*February Session, 2018*		_____HB05214PH____032218____

AN ACT ALLOWING MEDICAL ASSISTANTS TO ADMINISTER VACCINES AND NEBULIZER TREATMENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) For purposes of this section, "medical assistant" means a person who (1) is certified by the American Association of Medical Assistants, the National Healthcareer Association, the National Center for Competency Testing or the American Medical Technologists, and (2) has graduated from a postsecondary medical assisting program (A) accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools or another accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education, or (B) offered by an institution of higher education accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of Education.

(b) A medical assistant may administer a vaccine or nebulizer treatment to a person eighteen years of age or older under the direct supervision, control and responsibility of a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes. Prior to administering a vaccine, a medical assistant shall complete not less than twenty-four hours of classroom training and not less than eight hours of training in a clinical setting regarding the administration of vaccines. Prior to administering a nebulizer treatment, a medical assistant shall receive training by the supervising physician or advanced practice registered nurse in the administration of such treatment.

Sec. 2. Section 19a-6f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

On or before January [1, 2017, and] first, annually, [thereafter,] the Commissioner of Public Health shall obtain from the American Association of Medical Assistants, [and] the National Healthcareer Association, the National Center for Competency Testing and the American Medical Technologists a listing of all state residents maintained on said organizations' registry of certified medical assistants. The commissioner shall make such listings available for public inspection.