Bill Text: NY S01043 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing pharmacy interns to administer immunizations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-12 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2857D [S01043 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01043-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1043--D
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, AVELLA, GALLIVAN, HANNON,
          HELMING, KENNEDY, LANZA, LARKIN, ROBACH  --  read  twice  and  ordered
          printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher
          Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
          amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted to the
          Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  authorizing  pharmacy
          interns to administer immunizations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 6806 of the education law, as added by chapter  987
     2  of  the laws of 1971, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws
     3  of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 6806. Limited permits. 1. The department may issue a limited  permit
     5  for employment as a "pharmacy intern" to:
     6    a. A student enrolled in the last two years of a registered program in
     7  pharmacy, or
     8    b.  A  graduate  of a program in pharmacy which meets standards estab-
     9  lished by the commissioner's regulations who is engaged in  meeting  the
    10  experience  requirements  or  whose application for initial licensure is
    11  pending with the department.
    12    2. A pharmacy intern may, as determined by  the  commissioner's  regu-
    13  lations,  practice  as  a pharmacist under the immediate personal super-
    14  vision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy intern may  also  receive  a
    15  certificate  of  administration  if  he  or  she  provides  satisfactory
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04291-11-8
        S. 1043--D                          2
     1  evidence to the commissioner that he or she meets  the  requirements  of
     2  subdivision three of this section.
     3    3.  No  pharmacy  intern  shall  administer  immunizing agents without
     4  receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner and the commissioner
     5  of health, as prescribed in regulations of the commissioner, which shall
     6  include, but not be limited to: techniques for screening individuals and
     7  obtaining informed consent; techniques of  administration;  indications,
     8  precautions  and  contraindications  in  the  use of an agent or agents;
     9  recordkeeping of immunization and information; and handling emergencies,
    10  including anaphylaxis and needlestick injuries.  To  receive  a  certif-
    11  ication  to  administer immunizations, the pharmacy intern shall provide
    12  documentation, on a form prescribed by the department, from the dean  or
    13  other appropriate official of the registered program that the intern has
    14  completed  the required training, pursuant to regulations of the commis-
    15  sioner.
    16    4. A limited permit issued to a pharmacy intern shall have an  expira-
    17  tion  date  of five years from the date of issue. Limited permits may be
    18  renewed once for a period not to exceed two years.
    19    [4.] 5. Fees. The fee for each limited permit  issued  to  a  pharmacy
    20  intern shall be seventy dollars.
    21    6. In the case of a pharmacy intern, certified to administer immuniza-
    22  tions,  administration  must  be  conducted under the immediate personal
    23  supervision of a licensed pharmacist certified to administer vaccines. A
    24  person receiving a vaccine must be  informed  that  a  pharmacy  intern,
    25  certified to administer immunizations, will be administering the vaccine
    26  and  of  the  option to receive the vaccination from a certified pharma-
    27  cist.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.