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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
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A N A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
Introduced By: Representatives McGaw, Donovan, Kislak, Casimiro, Cotter, Fogarty,
Carson, Batista, Potter, and Boylan
Date Introduced: February 12, 2025
Referred To: House Health & Human Services
(Dept. of Health)
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5-19.1-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-19.1 entitled 1
"Pharmacies" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
5-19.1-31. Administration of influenza immunizations to individuals between the ages 3
of nine (9) years and eighteen (18) years, inclusive Administration of influenza and COVID-4
19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of nine (9) years and eighteen (18) years, 5
inclusive. 6
(a) Parental consent shall be required for all pharmacist-administered immunizations for 7
individuals under the age of eighteen (18) years. 8
(b) The department of health shall require a pharmacist who is authorized to administer 9
influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of nine (9) years and 10
eighteen (18) years, inclusive, pursuant to § 5-19.1-2, to electronically report to the department all 11
immunizations administered within seven (7) days of administration in the format and for the 12
populations required by the department. 13
(c)(1) The department of health shall require a pharmacist who is authorized to administer 14
influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of nine (9) years and 15
eighteen (18) years, inclusive, pursuant to § 5-19.1-2 to provide notification of a patient’s 16
immunization to the patient’s primary care provider, if known, within fourteen (14) days of 17
administration. 18
(2) The department of health’s rules and regulations shall include provisions to ensure that 19
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the administering pharmacist make a good-faith effort to obtain information relating to the identity 1
of a patient’s primary care provider or primary care practice, for the purposes of fulfilling the 2
reporting requirements of subsection (c)(1) herein. If a patient does not have an existing relationship 3
with a primary care provider or primary care practice, the administering pharmacist shall proceed 4
with the reporting requirements contained in subsection (b) of this section. 5
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 6
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
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This act would include the COVID-19 immunization under the consent and reporting 1
provisions required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between nine (9) and 2
eighteen (18) years of age. 3
This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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