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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 60
BY SENATOR MILLS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PHARMACISTS. Allows a pharmacist to administer certain immunizations. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1218, relative to the administration of certain immunizations;2
to provide for a pharmacist to administer certain immunizations; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:1218 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1218. Administration of influenza immunization certain immunizations7
A. A pharmacist may administer an influenza immunization certain8
immunizations, as provided for in Subsection B of this Section, to any person9
seven years of age or older without a prescription or medical order contingent upon10
all of the following provisions:11
(1) The pharmacist shall administer influenza immunizations each12
immunization in conformance with the most current annual influenza vaccination13
administration protocol as set forth by the United States Centers for Disease Control14
and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Service Advisory Committee on15
Immunization Practice Practices (ACIP) to participate in the program, and to be16
covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act.17 SB NO. 60
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(2) The pharmacist shall report each influenza immunization to the Louisiana1
Office of Public Health Health's Louisiana Immunization Registry Network for2
Kids Statewide (LINKS) at the time of the immunization or as soon as reasonably3
practicable thereafter, as this is the official state vaccination record.4
(3) The pharmacist shall report all adverse events he observes or which are5
reported to him to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), the6
cooperative program of the United States Centers for Disease Control and7
Prevention (CDC) and the United States Food and Drug Administration for vaccine8
safety, or its successor program; and further, the pharmacist shall refer the patient9
with an adverse event to the influenza an immunization for appropriate medical care.10
(4) The pharmacist shall maintain for at least two years a record of each11
influenza immunization administered.12
(5) The pharmacist shall obtain the appropriate credential to administer13
influenza immunizations from the board, as administratively defined, prior to14
administering any such immunization.15
B. A pharmacist may administer any of the following vaccines, but only16
in conformance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section:17
(1) Influenza.18
(2) Pneumococcal.19
(3) Zoster.20
(4) Tetanus and Diptheria Toxoids Adsorbed for Adult Use (Td).21
(5) Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diptheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis22
Vaccine Adsorbed (Tdap).23
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
Present law allows a pharmacist to administer the influenza vaccination.
Proposed law retains present law but expands the types of vaccinations which can be
administered by a pharmacist to include the following:
(1) Pneumococcal SB NO. 60
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(2) Zoster
(3)Tetanus and Diptheria Toxoids Adsorbed for Adult Use (Td)
(4)Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diptheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine
Adsorbed (Tdap)
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Amends R.S. 37:1218)