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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 872
BY REPRESENTATIVE MILLS
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:1218, relative to the administration of influenza immunizations; to provide2
for allowable pharmacist services; to provide for conditions under which pharmacists3
may administer influenza immunizations; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:1218 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1218. Administration of influenza immunization7
A pharmacist may administer an influenza immunization to any person seven8
years of age or older without a prescription or medical order contingent upon all of9
the following provisions:10
(1) The pharmacist shall administer influenza immunizations in conformance11
with the most current annual influenza vaccination administration protocol as set12
forth by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)13
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP).14
(2) The pharmacist shall report each influenza immunization to the Louisiana15
Office of Public Health Immunization Registry at the time of the immunization or16
as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.17
(3) The pharmacist shall report all adverse events he observes or which are18
reported to him to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), the19
cooperative program of the CDC and the United States Food and Drug20
Administration for vaccine safety, or its successor program; and further, the21
pharmacist shall refer the patient with an adverse event to the influenza22
immunization for appropriate medical care.23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 872
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(4) The pharmacist shall maintain for at least two years a record of each1
influenza immunization administered.2
(5) The pharmacist shall obtain the appropriate credential to administer3
influenza immunizations from the board, as administratively defined, prior to4
administering any such immunization.5
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: