Chapter 250 Oregon Laws 2009

AN ACT

HB 3236

Relating to immunizations; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 689.645.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 689.645 is amended to read:

          689.645. (1) In accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy under ORS 689.205, a pharmacist may administer[:]

          [(a)] vaccines [and immunizations] to persons who are at least [18] 11 years of age[; and]

          [(b) Influenza vaccines to persons who are at least 15 years of age].

          (2) The board is authorized to issue, to licensed pharmacists who have completed training accredited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education or a similar health authority or professional body, certificates of special competency in the administration of vaccines [and immunizations] to persons [more than 15] who are at least 11 years of age.

          (3) The board shall adopt rules relating to the reporting of the administration of vaccines [and immunizations] to a patient’s primary health care provider and to the Department of Human Services.

          (4) The board shall adopt rules requiring pharmacists to establish protocols for the administration of vaccines [and immunizations] to persons who are at least [18] 11 years of age [and for the administration of influenza vaccines to persons who are at least 15 years of age].

          (5) The board shall convene a volunteer Immunization and Vaccination Advisory Committee consisting of no more than nine members for the purpose of advising the board in promulgating rules under this section. The committee shall consist of one representative from the Department of Human Services, two representatives from the Oregon Medical Board, two representatives from the Oregon State Board of Nursing and two representatives from the State Board of Pharmacy and no more than two pharmacists other than the representatives from the State Board of Pharmacy.

SECTION 2. The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules requiring pharmacists to report information about the administration of vaccines to the immunization registry created under ORS 433.094.

SECTION 3. (1) Section 2 of this 2009 Act and the amendments to ORS 689.645 by section 1 of this 2009 Act become operative on January 1, 2011.

          (2) The State Board of Pharmacy may take any action before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the board to exercise, on and after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all the duties, functions and powers conferred on the board by the amendments to ORS 689.645 by section 1 of this 2009 Act.

          (3) The Department of Human Services may take any action before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the department to exercise, on and after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all the duties, functions and powers conferred on the department by section 2 of this 2009 Act.

Approved by the Governor June 12, 2009

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 12, 2009

Effective date January 1, 2010

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