Bill Text: NJ A3251 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits pharmacists to administer influenza vaccines to children seven years of age or older.****

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)

Status: (Passed) 2014-01-17 - Approved P.L.2013, c.254. [A3251 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3251-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3251

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RUBEN J. RAMOS, JR.

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.

District 13 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman  HERB CONAWAY, JR.

District 7 (Burlington)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits pharmacists to administer vaccines to children 12 years of age or older.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on February 7, 2013, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning administration of vaccines by pharmacists and amending P.L.2003, c.280.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 24 of P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-63) is amended to read as follows:

     24.  a.  No pharmacist shall administer a prescription medication directly to a patient without appropriate education or certification, as determined by the board in accordance with the requirements set forth in the rules jointly promulgated by the board and the State Board of Medical Examiners.  Such medication shall only be for the treatment of a disease for which a nationally certified program is in effect, or as determined by the board, and only if utilized for the treatment of that disease for which the medication is prescribed or indicated or for which the collaborative drug therapy management permits.

     b.    Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, [other than for pediatric immunizations,] a pharmacist may administer drugs to a patient ¹[14] 12¹ years of age or older pursuant to a prescription by a New Jersey licensed physician for a vaccine and related emergency medications, in immunization programs implemented pursuant to a New Jersey licensed physician's standing order for the vaccine and related emergency medications, or in immunization programs and programs sponsored by governmental agencies that are not patient specific, provided the pharmacist is appropriately educated and qualified, as determined by the board in accordance with the requirements set forth in the rules jointly promulgated by the board and the State Board of Medical Examiners.  ¹A pharmacist shall report to the New Jersey Immunization Information System, established pursuant to P.L.2004, c.138 (C.26:4-131 et seq.), the administration of a vaccine to a child 18 years of age or younger within 30 days of the administration.¹

(cf:  P.L.2003, c.280, s.24)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment, except that the New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy and the State Board of Medical Examiners may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as may be necessary for the implementation of this act.