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A2857Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS1043

Let Pharmacy Interns Give Shots

Official title

“Relates to authorizing pharmacy interns to administer immunizations”

Sponsor John T. McDonald IIIAD-108+30 co-sponsorsAffects Education
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
5/10
Moderate
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill allows pharmacy interns in New York, with proper training and supervision, to administer immunizations.

Why it matters

  1. Expands healthcare workforce capacity. By allowing pharmacy interns to give immunizations after rigorous training, the bill helps address shortages in qualified immunizers, particularly during public health emergencies or high-demand periods like flu season.

  2. Strengthens training and public safety requirements. The legislation mandates comprehensive training for pharmacy interns—including screening, consent, administration techniques, emergency response, and recordkeeping—ensuring interns are well-prepared and minimizing risks to patients.

  3. Upholds patient choice and transparency. Patients must be informed if a pharmacy intern will administer their vaccine and can request a fully licensed pharmacist instead, supporting informed consent and patient comfort.

  4. Maintains strong supervision and accountability. Interns can only immunize under the direct supervision of a certified pharmacist, ensuring experienced oversight and preserving public trust in pharmacy-based immunization services.

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Let Pharmacy Interns Give Shots

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
John T. McDonald III

Assembly Member · Assembly District 108

Chair, Governmental Operations

History

  1. Signed chap.359
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 61–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.1422
  6. Substituted for S1043D
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Amended on third reading 2857d
  11. Advanced to third reading cal.904
  12. Reported
Show 8 earlier actions
  1. Print number 2857c
  2. Amend and recommit to higher education
  3. Referred to higher education
  4. Print number 2857b
  5. Amend and recommit to higher education
  6. Print number 2857a
  7. Amend (t) and recommit to higher education
  8. Referred to higher education

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S1043Senate

Let Pharmacy Interns Give Shots

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Rich Funke

Impact 5 · Moderate0% to pass

Full text

2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

2857--D Cal. No. 904

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 23, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, BICHOTTE, FAHY, BLAKE, HEVESI, STIRPE, STECK, JOHNS, WEPRIN, WOERNER, SKOUFIS, JONES, MORINELLO, TITONE, WALTER, ORTIZ, HUNTER, ENGLEBRIGHT, PICHARDO, D'URSO, MONTESANO, DICKENS, ERRIGO, MOSLEY, LIFTON,… Show all

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, BICHOTTE, FAHY, BLAKE, HEVESI, STIRPE, STECK, JOHNS, WEPRIN, WOERNER, SKOUFIS, JONES, MORINELLO, TITONE, WALTER, ORTIZ, HUNTER, ENGLEBRIGHT, PICHARDO, D'URSO, MONTESANO, DICKENS, ERRIGO, MOSLEY, LIFTON, MURRAY, GARBARINO, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, GALEF, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HOOPER, JOYNER, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, RA, SCHIMMING- ER, SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing pharmacy interns to administer immunizations

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 6806 of the education law, as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:

§ 6806. Limited permits. 1. The department may issue a limited permit for employment as a "pharmacy intern" to:

a. A student enrolled in the last two years of a registered program in pharmacy, or

b. A graduate of a program in pharmacy which meets standards established by the commissioner's regulations who is engaged in meeting the experience requirements or whose application for initial licensure is pending with the department.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD04291-10-8

A. 2857--D 2

2. A pharmacy intern may, as determined by the commissioner's regulations, practice as a pharmacist under the immediate personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy intern may also receive a certificate of administration if he or she provides satisfactory evidence to the commissioner that he or she meets the requirements of subdivision three of this section.

3. No pharmacy intern shall administer immunizing agents without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner and the commissioner of health, as prescribed in regulations of the commissioner, which shall include, but not be limited to: techniques for screening individuals and obtaining informed consent; techniques of administration; indications, precautions and contraindications in the use of an agent or agents; recordkeeping of immunization and information; and handling emergencies, including anaphylaxis and needlestick injuries. To receive a certification to administer immunizations, the pharmacy intern shall provide documentation, on a form prescribed by the department, from the dean or other appropriate official of the registered program that the intern has completed the required training, pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.

4. A limited permit issued to a pharmacy intern shall have an expiration date of five years from the date of issue. Limited permits may be renewed once for a period not to exceed two years.

[4.] 5. Fees. The fee for each limited permit issued to a pharmacy intern shall be seventy dollars.

6. In the case of a pharmacy intern, certified to administer immunizations, administration must be conducted under the immediate personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist certified to administer vaccines. A person receiving a vaccine must be informed that a pharmacy intern, certified to administer immunizations, will be administering the vaccine and of the option to receive the vaccination from a certified pharmacist.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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