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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 285
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1906
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT ALLOWING MEDI CAL ASSISTANTS TO AD MINISTER
VACCINES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For purposes of this 1
section, "medical assistant" means a person who (1) (A) is certified by 2
the American Association of Medical Assistants, the National 3
Healthcareer Association, the National Center for Competency Testing 4
or the American Medical Technologists, and (B) has graduated from a 5
postsecondary medical assisting program (i) accredited by the 6
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the 7
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools or another accrediting 8
organization recognized by the United States Department of Education, 9
or (ii) offered by an institution of higher education accredited by an 10
accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of 11
Education, or (2) has completed relevant medical assistant training 12
provided by any branch of the armed forces of the United States. 13
(b) A medical assistant may administer a vaccine under the 14
supervision, control and responsibility of a physician licensed pursuant 15 Raised Bill No. 285
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to chapter 370 of the general statutes or an advanced practice registered 16
nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes to any 17
person in any setting other than a hospital setting. Prior to 18
administering a vaccine, a medical assistant shall complete not less than 19
twenty-four hours of classroom training and not less than eight hours of 20
training in a clinical setting regarding the administration of vaccines. 21
Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit an employer of a 22
physician or an advanced practice registered nurse to require the 23
physician or advanced practice registered nurse to oversee a medical 24
assistant in the administration of a vaccine without the consent of the 25
physician or advanced practice registered nurse. 26
(c) On or before January first annually, the Commissioner of Public 27
Health shall obtain from the American Association of Medical 28
Assistants, the National Healthcareer Association, the National Center 29
for Competency Testing and the American Medical Technologists a 30
listing of all state residents maintained on said organizations' registry of 31
certified medical assistants. The commissioner shall make such listings 32
available for public inspection. 33
Sec. 2. Section 19a-6f of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 34
October 1, 2021) 35
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow medical assistants to administer vaccines.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]