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Relating to the administering, prescribing, or ordering of immunizations or vaccines by a licensed podiatric physician, and providing an effective date
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health careProfessional licensing
Same legislation: HSB 175
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 2, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 2, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 8, 202193–3
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Podiatrists would be allowed to order and give vaccines to patients using specific rules set by state health boards. If a patient has a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine, these doctors could also prescribe or give them epinephrine to help.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that a podiatric physician may order, prescribe, or administer an immunization or vaccine pursuant to protocols developed by the board of podiatry in consultation with the department of public health. Additionally, the bill authorizes a licensed podiatric physician to order, prescribe, or administer epinephrine when medically indicated for an anaphylactic adverse reaction to the administered immunization or vaccine. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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