The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Mills (SB 600)
Present law provides in any parish designated wholly or in part as a primary care health
professional shortage area as set forth under federal regulations, a pharmacist may administer any
of the following vaccines, but only in conformance with the present law:
(1) Pneumococcal, to any person eighteen years of age or older.
(2) Zoster, to any person fifty years of age or older.
Present law provides the pharmacist shall administer each immunization in conformance with the
most current vaccination administration as set forth by the United States Public Health Service
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, following guidance published in the Louisiana
State Immunization Policies and Procedures Manual, to participate in the program and to be
covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund.
(1) The pharmacist shall report each immunization to the Department of Health and
Hospitals, office of public health's Louisiana Immunization Network for Kids Statewide
at the time of the immunization or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, as this is
the official state vaccination record.
(2) The pharmacist shall report all adverse events he observes or which are reported to him to
the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, the cooperative program of the United
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug
Administration for vaccine safety, or its successor program; and further, the pharmacist
shall refer the patient with an adverse event to an immunization for appropriate medical
care.
(3) The pharmacist shall maintain for at least two years a record of each immunization
administered.
(4) The pharmacist shall obtain the appropriate credentials to administer immunizations from
the board, as administratively defined, prior to administering any such immunization.
(5) The pharmacist shall request the name of a patient's primary care provider prior to the
administering of any immunization. If the patient identifies such primary care provider to
the pharmacist, the pharmacist shall notify the primary care provider, by written or
electronic communication, as soon as reasonably possible thereafter that the
immunization was administered. Proposed law amends present law to provide a pharmacist may administer to an individual age 14
or older an immunization or a vaccine without a patient specific prescription or medical order if
the immunization or the vaccine is administered in conformance with the most current
immunization administration protocol as set forth by the United States Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice.
(1) The pharmacist shall report each immunization to the Department of Health and
Hospitals, office of public health's Louisiana Immunization Network for Kids Statewide
at the time of the immunization or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, as this is
the official state vaccination record.
(2) The pharmacist shall report all adverse events he observes or which are reported to him to
the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, the cooperative program of the United
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug
Administration for vaccine safety, or its successor program; and further, the pharmacist
shall refer the patient with an adverse event to an immunization for appropriate medical
care.
(3) The pharmacist shall maintain for at least two years a record of each immunization
administered.
(4) The pharmacist shall obtain the appropriate credentials to administer immunizations from
the board, as administratively defined, prior to administering any such immunization.
(5) The pharmacist shall request the name of a patient's primary care provider prior to the
administering of any immunization. If the patient identifies such primary care provider to
the pharmacist, the pharmacist shall notify the primary care provider, by written or
electronic communication, as soon as reasonably possible thereafter that the
immunization was administered.
Proposed law does not apply to the administering of an immunization pursuant to R.S. 37:1218.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 37:1218.1)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to the
original bill
1. Changes providing an immunization or vaccine by a pharmacist from applying to
any individual to applying to an individual age fourteen or older.