Bill Text: CT HB05214 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 5214 | ||
February Session, 2018 |
LCO No. 1071 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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Introduced by: |
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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 or the American Medical Technologists, and (2) has graduated from a postsecondary medical assisting program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools or the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.
(b) A medical assistant may administer a vaccine 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.
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 Section 19a-6f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):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 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.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2018 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2018 |
19a-6f |
Statement of Purpose:
To allow medical assistants to administer vaccines and nebulizer treatments.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]