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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to vaccinations during public health 2
emergencies; amending s. 381.00315, F.S.; removing the 3
authority of the State Health Officer to order the 4
vaccination of individuals upon declaration of a 5
public health emergency; revising a requirement that 6
the Department of Health adopt certain rules; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and paragraph 12
(c) of subsection (5) of section 381.00315, Florida Statutes, 13
are amended to read: 14
381.00315 Public health advisories; public health 15
emergencies; isolation and quarantines. —The State Health Officer 16
is responsible for declaring public health emergencies, issuing 17
public health advisories, and ordering isolation or quarantines. 18
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(d) The State Health Officer, upon declaration of a public 20
health emergency, may take actions that are necessary to protect 21
the public health. Such actions include, but are not limited to: 22
1. Directing manufacturers of prescription drugs or over -23
the-counter drugs who are permitted under chapter 499 and 24
wholesalers of prescription drugs located in this state who are 25
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permitted under chapter 499 to give priority to the shipping of 26
specified drugs to pharmacies and health care providers within 27
geographic areas identified by the State Health Officer. The 28
State Health Officer must identify the drugs to be shipped. 29
Manufacturers and whol esalers located in the state must respond 30
to the State Health Officer's priority shipping directive before 31
shipping the specified drugs. 32
2. Notwithstanding chapters 465 and 499 and rules adopted 33
thereunder, directing pharmacists employed by the departmen t to 34
compound bulk prescription drugs and provide these bulk 35
prescription drugs to physicians and nurses of county health 36
departments or any qualified person authorized by the State 37
Health Officer for administration to persons as part of a 38
prophylactic or treatment regimen. 39
3. Notwithstanding s. 456.036, temporarily reactivating 40
the inactive license of the following health care practitioners, 41
when such practitioners are needed to respond to the public 42
health emergency: physicians licensed under chapter 45 8 or 43
chapter 459; physician assistants licensed under chapter 458 or 44
chapter 459; licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and 45
advanced practice registered nurses licensed under part I of 46
chapter 464; respiratory therapists licensed under part V of 47
chapter 468; and emergency medical technicians and paramedics 48
certified under part III of chapter 401. Only those health care 49
practitioners specified in this paragraph who possess an 50
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unencumbered inactive license and who request that such license 51
be reactivated are eligible for reactivation. An inactive 52
license that is reactivated under this paragraph shall return to 53
inactive status when the public health emergency ends or before 54
the end of the public health emergency if the State Health 55
Officer determines th at the health care practitioner is no 56
longer needed to provide services during the public health 57
emergency. Such licenses may only be reactivated for a period 58
not to exceed 90 days without meeting the requirements of s. 59
456.036 or chapter 401, as applicabl e. 60
4. Ordering an individual to be examined, tested, 61
vaccinated, treated, isolated, or quarantined for communicable 62
diseases that have significant morbidity or mortality and 63
present a severe danger to public health. Individuals who are 64
unable or unwilling to be examined, tested, vaccinated, or 65
treated for reasons of health, religion, or conscience may be 66
subjected to isolation or quarantine. 67
a. Examination, testing, vaccination, or treatment may be 68
performed by any qualified person authorized by the Sta te Health 69
Officer. 70
b. If the individual poses a danger to the public health, 71
the State Health Officer may subject the individual to isolation 72
or quarantine. If there is no practical method to isolate or 73
quarantine the individual, the State Health Officer may use any 74
means necessary to vaccinate or treat the individual. 75
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c. Any order of the State Health Officer given to 76
effectuate this paragraph is immediately enforceable by a law 77
enforcement officer under s. 381.0012. 78
(5) The department shall adopt rul es to specify the 79
conditions and procedures for imposing and releasing an 80
isolation or a quarantine. The rules must include provisions 81
related to: 82
(c) The tests or treatment , including vaccination, for 83
communicable disease required before employment or admission to 84
the premises or to comply with an isolation or a quarantine. 85
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 86