Assembly Bill A10508A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing licensed pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8182 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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co-Sponsors

2019-A10508 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8182
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527, 6802 & 6909, Ed L

2019-A10508 - Summary

Authorizes licensed pharmacists to administer a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaulation and Research vaccine product approval process.

2019-A10508 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10508
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin,
   Dinowitz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher  Educa-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing licensed
   pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 6527 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 46 of the  laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  A  licensed  physician  may prescribe and order a patient specific
 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant
 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with  the
 public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent influenza,
 pneumococcal,  acute  herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria,
 COVID-19, or pertussis disease and medications  required  for  emergency
 treatment  of  anaphylaxis.  Nothing in this subdivision shall authorize
 unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
   § 2. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law,  as  amended
 by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 read as follows:
   22.  "Administer",  for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one
 of this article, means:
   a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
 injection, ingestion, inhalation or  any  other  means,  pursuant  to  a
 patient  specific  order  or  non-patient specific regimen prescribed or
 ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a  prac-
 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
 administered,  for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza, pneumococcal,
 acute herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus,  diphtheria,  COVID-19,  or
 pertussis  disease  and  medications required for emergency treatment of
 anaphylaxis. If the commissioner of health determines that there  is  an
 outbreak of disease, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2019-A10508A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8182
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527, 6802 & 6909, Ed L

2019-A10508A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes licensed pharmacists to administer a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaulation and Research vaccine product approval process.

2019-A10508A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10508--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin,
   Dinowitz) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher  Educa-
   tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  authorizing  licensed
   pharmacists  to  administer  an  approved  vaccine  for  COVID-19; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 6527 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 46 of the  laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  A  licensed  physician  may prescribe and order a patient specific
 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant
 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with  the
 public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent influenza,
 pneumococcal,  acute  herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria,
 COVID-19, or pertussis disease and medications  required  for  emergency
 treatment  of  anaphylaxis.  Nothing in this subdivision shall authorize
 unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
   § 2. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law,  as  amended
 by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 read as follows:
   22.  "Administer",  for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one
 of this article, means:
   a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
 injection, ingestion, inhalation or  any  other  means,  pursuant  to  a
 patient  specific  order  or  non-patient specific regimen prescribed or
 ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a  prac-
 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
 administered,  for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza, pneumococcal,
 acute herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus,  diphtheria,  COVID-19,  or
 pertussis  disease  and  medications required for emergency treatment of
 anaphylaxis. If the commissioner of health determines that there  is  an
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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