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3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to higher education
Companion bill
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Relates to registered pharmacy interns
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor John T. McDonald III
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to registered pharmacy interns
Purpose or general idea of bill
Authorizes trained registered pharmacy interns to administer immunization injections under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 2 and subdivision 3 of section 6801 of the education law to authorize a registered pharmacy intern to administer immunization injections.
Section 2 adds a new subdivision 5 to section 6801 of the education law to require that any licensed pharmacy intern administering an injection only do so under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
Section 3 contains the effective date.
Justification
New York is one of the few states which do not authorize registered pharmacy interns to administer immunization injections. As of 2012, 35 states allowed such administration.
New York's pharmacy colleges are losing students to out of state rotation programs due to the current state law. Normally, pharmacy students participate in a rotation internship during the latter half of their degree program. Without the ability to administer injections, these students are denied the experience of administering an injection. Instead, they must wait until they have already entered the work force to learn how this essential skill in an applied setting.
This bill corrects this by authorizing registered pharmacies interns to administer injections while under the direct supervisions of a registered pharmacist. Students would have to attain a specific certification or complete equivalent coursework before they were able to administer such injections. This would provide a valuable learning experience to pharmacy students while maintaining oversight.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments made to section 6801 of the education law by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed expired therewith.
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