Bill Text: NY A06301 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes a pharmacist certified by the department of education to administer certain immunizations; authorizes certified nurse practitioners to administer certain immunizations.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - signed chap.116 [A06301 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06301-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6301--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 11, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GABRYSZAK, WEPRIN, HOYT, TITONE, SCHROE-
DER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, JOHNS, P. RIVERA -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of phar-
macy and to amend chapter 563 of the laws of 2008 amending the educa-
tion law and the public health law relating to immunizing agents to be
administered to adults by pharmacists, in relation to making such
provisions permanent
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 6801 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, A PHARMACY STUDENT
4 PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNSHIP OR RESIDENCY PROGRAM WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY
5 COMPLETED EVERY REQUIREMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
6 CERTIFICATE OF ADMINISTRATION MAY, UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A
7 PHARMACIST WHO HAS A VALID CERTIFICATE OF ADMINISTRATION ISSUED BY THE
8 DEPARTMENT, ADMINISTER AN IMMUNIZATION AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION.
9 S 2. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as added by
10 chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
11 22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one
12 of this article, means the direct application of an immunizing agent to
13 adults, whether by injection, ingestion or any other means, pursuant to
14 a patient specific order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or
15 ordered issued by a physician or certified nurse practitioner [who has a
16 practice site in the county in which the immunization is administered.
17 However if the county where the immunization is to be administered has a
18 population of seventy-five thousand or less, then the licensed physician
19 or certified nurse practitioner may be in an adjoining county]. Such
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 administration shall be limited to [immunizing agents to prevent influ-
2 enza or pneumococcal disease] IMMUNIZATIONS AND VACCINES FORMULATED IN
3 ADULT DOSAGE LISTED IN THE RECOMMENDED ADULT IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE BY
4 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION and medications required
5 for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.
6 S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 6828 of the education law, as added by
7 chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
8 2. The fee for a certificate of administration shall be one hundred
9 dollars [and shall be paid on a triennial basis]. A certificate may be
10 suspended or revoked in the same manner as a license to practice pharma-
11 cy.
12 S 4. Section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008 amending the educa-
13 tion law and the public health law relating to immunizing agents to be
14 administered to adults by pharmacists, is amended to read as follows:
15 S 8. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
16 have become a law [and shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31,
17 2012].
18 S 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
