Section 155A.44. Vaccine and immunization administration.
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1. In accordance with rules adopted by the board, a licensed pharmacist may administer vaccines and immunizations pursuant to this section.
2. The board shall adopt rules requiring pharmacists to complete training pursuant to continuing education requirements and establish protocols for the review of prescriptions and administration of vaccines and immunizations. The rules shall allow a licensed pharmacist who has completed the required training to administer vaccines and immunizations in accordance with the rules of the board and shall include the United States centers for disease control and prevention’s protocol for the administration of the vaccinations and immunizations.
3. Prior to the administration of a vaccination or immunization authorized by subsection 4, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2) through (4), pursuant to the required protocols, a licensed pharmacist shall consult and review the statewide immunization registry or health information network. The board shall adopt rules requiring the reporting of the administration of vaccines and immunizations authorized by subsection 4, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2) through (4), to a patient’s primary health care provider, primary physician, and a statewide immunization registry or health information network.
4. A licensed pharmacist shall only administer the following vaccines and immunizations to the designated age categories:
a. Vaccination and immunization of patients ages six years through seventeen years shall be limited to vaccines or immunizations for influenza and other emergency immunizations or vaccines in response to a public health emergency.
b. Patients ages eighteen years and older may receive a vaccination or immunization administered by a licensed pharmacist for any of the following:
(1) An immunization or vaccination described in paragraph “a”, including all forms of the influenza vaccine.
(2) An immunization or vaccination recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention advisory committee on immunization practices in its approved vaccination schedule for adults.
(3) An immunization or vaccine recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention for international travel.
(4) A Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) vaccination in a booster application.