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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McGaw, McEntee, Donovan, Tanzi, Boylan, Cruz, | |
Date Introduced: February 27, 2026 | |
Referred To: House Health & Human Services | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 5-19.1-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-19.1 entitled |
2 | "Pharmacies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 5-19.1-31. Administration of influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals |
4 | between the ages of three (3) years and eighteen (18) years, inclusive Administration of |
5 | routine, scheduled, or recommended immunizations to individuals between the ages of three |
6 | (3) and eighteen (18) years, inclusive. |
7 | (a) Parental consent shall be required for all pharmacist-administered immunizations for |
8 | individuals under the age of eighteen (18) years. |
9 | (b) The department of health shall require a pharmacist who is authorized to administer |
10 | influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of three (3) years and |
11 | eighteen (18) years, inclusive, pursuant to § 5-19.1-2, to electronically report to the department all |
12 | immunizations administered within seven (7) days of administration in the format and for the |
13 | populations required by the department. |
14 | (c)(1) The department of health shall require a pharmacist who is authorized to administer |
15 | influenza and COVID-19 immunizations to individuals between the ages of three (3) years and |
16 | eighteen (18) years, inclusive, pursuant to § 5-19.1-2 to provide notification of a patient’s |
17 | immunization to the patient’s primary care provider, if known, within fourteen (14) days of |
18 | administration. |
19 | (2) The department of health’s rules and regulations shall include provisions to ensure that |
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1 | the administering pharmacist makes a good-faith effort to obtain information relating to the identity |
2 | of a patient’s primary care provider or primary care practice, for the purposes of fulfilling the |
3 | reporting requirements of subsection (c)(1) herein. If a patient does not have an existing relationship |
4 | with a primary care provider or primary care practice, the administering pharmacist shall proceed |
5 | with the reporting requirements contained in subsection (b) of this section. |
6 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES | |
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1 | This act would include routine, scheduled or recommended immunizations to individuals |
2 | between the ages of three (3) and eighteen (18) years, under the consent and reporting provisions |
3 | required for pharmacy administered immunizations to individuals between three (3) and eighteen |
4 | (18) years of age. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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