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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), following guidance published in the16
Louisiana State Immunization Manual, to participate in the program, and to be17 SB NO. 60
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covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act.1
(2) The pharmacist shall report each influenza immunization to the Louisiana2
Office of Public Health Health's Louisiana Immunization Registry Network for3
Kids Statewide (LINKS) at the time of the immunization or as soon as reasonably4
practicable thereafter, as this is the official state vaccination record.5
(3) The pharmacist shall report all adverse events he observes or which are6
reported to him to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), the7
cooperative program of the United States Centers for Disease Control and8
Prevention (CDC) and the United States Food and Drug Administration for vaccine9
safety, or its successor program; and further, the pharmacist shall refer the patient10
with an adverse event to the influenza an immunization for appropriate medical care.11
(4) The pharmacist shall maintain for at least two years a record of each12
influenza immunization administered.13
(5) The pharmacist shall obtain the appropriate credential to administer14
influenza immunizations from the board, as administratively defined, prior to15
administering any such immunization.16
B. A pharmacist may administer any of the following vaccines, but only17
in conformance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section:18
(1) Influenza, to any person seven years of age or older.19
(2) Pneumococcal, to any person eighteen years of age or older.20
(3) Zoster, to any person eighteen years of age or older.21
(4) Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Adsorbed for Adult Use (Td), to any22
person eighteen years of age or older.23
(5) Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis24
Vaccine Adsorbed (Tdap), to any person eighteen years of age or older.25 SB NO. 60
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
Mills (SB 60)
Present law allows a pharmacist to administer the influenza vaccination to any person seven
years of age or older.
Proposed law retains present law but expands the types of vaccinations which can be
administered by a pharmacist to persons 18 years of age or older to include the following:
(1) Pneumococcal
(2) Zoster
(3)Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Adsorbed for Adult Use (Td)
(4)Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine
Adsorbed (Tdap)
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Amends R.S. 37:1218)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill.
1. Adds provision which requires the administration of immunizations by a
pharmacist to be in conformance with guidance published in the Louisiana
State Immunization Manual.
2. Changes the age at which the pharmacist may administer a vaccine for
Pneumococcal, Zoster, Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids Adsorbed for Adult
Use (Td), and Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular
Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed (Tdap) to a person without prescription or
medical order from 7 to 18 years of age.
3. Technical amendments