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