Bill Text: NJ S2567 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Permits pharmacists to administer influenza vaccines to children seven years of age or older.*
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-13 - Substituted by A3251 (4R) [S2567 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S2567-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Gill, Weinberg, A.R.Bucco and Oroho
SYNOPSIS
Permits pharmacists to administer influenza vaccines to children seven years of age or older.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on December 12, 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. 1(1)1 Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, [other than for pediatric immunizations,] a pharmacist may administer drugs to a patient 1[14] 181 years of age or older 1, provided that 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, and provided the drugs are administered under any one of the following conditions:
(a)1 pursuant to a prescription by 1[a New Jersey licensed physician] an authorized prescriber1 for a vaccine and related emergency medications 1[,] ;
(b)1 in immunization programs implemented pursuant to 1[a New Jersey licensed physician's] an authorized prescriber's1 standing order for the vaccine and related emergency medications 1[,] ;1 or
1(c)1 in immunization programs and programs sponsored by governmental agencies that are not patient specific 1[, 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] .
(2) A pharmacist may
administer an influenza vaccine to a patient who is seven years of age or
older. For a patient who is under 19 years of age, a pharmacist shall not
administer a vaccine except with the permission of the patient's parent or
legal guardian.
For a patient who is under 12 years of age, a pharmacist shall not administer a
vaccine unless pursuant to a prescription by an authorized prescriber. A
prescriber may issue a renewing prescription for an influenza vaccine that
would authorize a pharmacist to administer the vaccine again upon expiration of
the original vaccine, without requiring a separate prescription. Nothing in
this subsection shall be construed to require a patient 12 years of age or
older to obtain a prescription for an influenza vaccine1.
(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.
