Chapter 426 |
2025 -- H 5427 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/02/2025 |
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 |
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 |
"Pharmacies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
5-19.1-31. Administration of influenza immunizations to individuals between the ages |
of nine (9) years and eighteen (18) years, inclusive Administration of influenza and COVID- |
19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of three (3) years and eighteen (18) years, |
inclusive. |
(a) Parental consent shall be required for all pharmacist-administered immunizations for |
individuals under the age of eighteen (18) years. |
(b) The department of health shall require a pharmacist who is authorized to administer |
influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of nine (9) three (3) years |
and eighteen (18) years, inclusive, pursuant to § 5-19.1-2, to electronically report to the department |
all immunizations administered within seven (7) days of administration in the format and for the |
populations required by the department. |
(c)(1) The department of health shall require a pharmacist who is authorized to administer |
influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of nine (9) three (3) years |
and eighteen (18) years, inclusive, pursuant to § 5-19.1-2 to provide notification of a patient’s |
immunization to the patient’s primary care provider, if known, within fourteen (14) days of |
administration. |
(2) The department of health’s rules and regulations shall include provisions to ensure that |
the administering pharmacist makemakes a good-faith effort to obtain information relating to the |
identity of a patient’s primary care provider or primary care practice, for the purposes of fulfilling |
the reporting requirements of subsection (c)(1) herein. If a patient does not have an existing |
relationship with a primary care provider or primary care practice, the administering pharmacist |
shall proceed with the reporting requirements contained in subsection (b) of this section. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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