Bill Text: MS SB2167 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vaccines; authorize administration by pharmacy interns and technicians when supervised by pharmacist.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [SB2167 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2167-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Blackwell
Senate Bill 2167
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-21-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A PHARMACIST TO DELEGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR AUTHORIZED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT A PATIENT-SPECIFIC PRESCRIPTION, STANDING ORDER OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT TO A LICENSED INTERN OR PHARMACY TECHNICIAN PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON HAS A CURRENT CERTIFICATION TO PROVIDE BASIC CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT AND HAS COMPLETED SPECIFIC TRAINING RELATED TO VACCINE ADMINISTRATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-21-111, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-21-111. (1) The board shall make, adopt, amend and repeal, from time to time, such rules and regulations for the regulation of supportive personnel as may be deemed necessary by the board.
(2) Every person who acts or serves as a pharmacy technician in a pharmacy that is located in this state and permitted by the board shall obtain a registration from the board. To obtain a pharmacy technician registration the applicant must:
(a) Have submitted a written application on a form(s) prescribed by the board; and
(b) Be of good moral character; and
(c) Have paid the initial registration fee not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
(3) Each pharmacy technician shall renew his or her registration annually. To renew his or her registration, a technician must:
(a) Submit an application on a form prescribed by the board; and
(b) Pay a renewal fee not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each annual registration period. The board may add a surcharge of not more than Five Dollars ($5.00) to the registration renewal fee to assist in funding a program that assists impaired pharmacists, pharmacy students and pharmacy technicians.
(4) To * * * ensure that all applicants are of
good moral character, the board shall conduct a criminal history records check
on all applicants for a license. In order to determine the applicant's suitability
for licensing, the applicant shall be fingerprinted. The board shall submit
the fingerprints to the Department of Public Safety for a check of the state
criminal records and forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a check
of the national criminal records. The Department of Public Safety shall
disseminate the results of the state check and the national check to the board
for a suitability determination. The board shall be authorized to collect from
the applicant the amount of the fee that the Department of Public Safety
charges the board for the fingerprinting, whether manual or electronic, and the
state and national criminal history records checks.
(b) A pharmacist may delegate the administration of immunizations authorized under this chapter to the following persons:
(i) A licensed intern who is under the supervision of the pharmacist; and
(ii) A pharmacy technician who is acting under a technician utilization plan and the supervision of the pharmacist.
(c) A licensed intern or a pharmacy technician administering immunizations must hold a current certification to provide basic cardiac life support and must have completed a practical training program that is:
(i) Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or a similar health authority or professional body approved by the board; and
(ii) At a minimum, includes instruction in hands-on injection technique and recognizing and treating emergency reactions to vaccines.
(d) When supervised by a pharmacist, pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians who have current certification in basic life-support skills and completed immunization-related training as approved by the board may administer immunizations that have been approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration without a patient-specific prescription, standing order or similar arrangement.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
