SB307 Alabama 2022 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
William “Bill” M. BeasleySenatorDemocrat- Session
- Regular Session 2022
- Title
- Pharmacists, authorized to prescribe vaccines and immunizations allowed to administer, required to recommend annual well-child visits for certain children administered a vaccine or immunization, Sec. 34-23-13 added.
- Description
Under existing law, a pharmacist licensed by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy may administer vaccines and immunizations.
This bill would clarify that a licensed pharmacist is authorized to prescribe vaccines or immunizations that he or she is otherwise authorized to administer by law.
This bill would also require a pharmacist who administers a vaccine or immunization to a child under nine years of age to recommend annual well-child visits with a pediatrician to that child and his or her caregiver.
- Subjects
- Pharmacies and Pharmacists
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature