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MI HB6469
Bill
Status
11/9/2022
Primary Sponsor
Lori Stone
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AI Summary
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Allows pharmacists to order and administer immunizing agents without a physician's direction or prescription, provided the agent is FDA-approved, recommended by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or authorized for emergency use by the CDC.
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Requires pharmacists ordering and administering immunizing agents to complete training approved by the board, established by the American Pharmacists Association or another accredited program.
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Pharmacists administering immunizing agents must comply with board-established guidelines and other legal requirements, including those in section 9206.
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Modifies section 9204 to clarify that non-physician health professionals may continue administering immunizing agents under physician direction, except for pharmacists acting under the new independent authority in section 17724.
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Adds "ordering and administering immunizing agents" as a professional function of pharmacy practice under section 17707.
Legislative Description
Health occupations: pharmacists; pharmacists to order and administer vaccines under certain circumstances; allow. Amends secs. 9204 & 17707 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9204 & 333.17707) & adds sec. 17724.
Health occupations: pharmacists
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/10/2022
11/10/2022