Bill Text - HB572 (2021)

Relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines and allowing a licensed advanced pharmacy technician to administer vaccines.


Revision: April 7, 2021, 10:49 a.m.

HB 572 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

7Apr2021... 0576h

2021 SESSION

21-0708

10/08

 

HOUSE BILL 572

 

AN ACT relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines and allowing a licensed advanced pharmacy technician to administer vaccines.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines, combines the pharmacist administration of vaccines authority into one section, provides for recording vaccinations in the state vaccine registry with consent, and requires the report of any adverse reactions..

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

7Apr2021... 0576h 21-0708

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines and allowing a licensed advanced pharmacy technician to administer vaccines.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Pharmacist Administration of Vaccines.  RSA 318:16-b is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

318:16-b  Pharmacist Administration of Vaccines.  A pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or licensed advanced pharmacy technician, under the supervision of an on-site immunizing pharmacist may administer haemophilus influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis A and B, human papillomavirus, influenza, meningococcal, pneumococcal, tetanus and diphtheria, varicella, zoster, MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), and Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccines, which have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, to individuals 18 years of age or older as ordered by an immunizing pharmacist.  A pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or licensed advanced pharmacy technician under the supervision of an on-site immunizing pharmacist may administer a COVID-19 vaccine, if available, provided that all  applicable  criteria  in  this  section  have  been  met.  The pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or licensed advanced pharmacy technician shall:

I. Hold a current license to practice as a pharmacist, be registered as a pharmacy intern under RSA 318:15-b in New Hampshire, or be licensed as a licensed advanced pharmacy technician under RSA 318:15-c.

II. Possess at least $1,000,000 of professional liability insurance coverage.

III. In order to administer  vaccines, have completed training specific to administration of the respective vaccines that includes programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) or curriculum-based programs from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy or state or local health department programs or programs recognized by the board.

IV. Provide to the board evidence of compliance with paragraphs I-III.

V.  Provide notice to the primary care provider, when designated by the patient, of the administration of any vaccine.

VI. Record the vaccination in the state vaccine registry with patient consent or when required by state and federal law and maintain a record of the vaccination as required by state and federal law.

VII.  Submit reports of any adverse reactions following vaccination to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) within 3 days of being made aware of such adverse effects occurring.

2  Repeal.  RSA 318:16-d, relative to additional authority for pharmacist administration of vaccines, is repealed.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.