Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1218 – Administration of influenza immunization
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1218
- administration: means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient or research subject by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Board: means the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Drug: means :
(a) Any substance recognized as a drug in the official compendium, or supplement thereto, designated by the board for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of diseases in humans or other animals. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Medical order: means a lawful order of a practitioner that may or may not include a prescription. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal entity, including government. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
- Pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by the board to engage in the practice of pharmacy in the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1164
A pharmacist may administer an influenza immunization to any person seven years of age or older without a prescription or medical order contingent upon all of the following provisions:
(1) The pharmacist shall administer influenza immunizations in conformance with the most current annual influenza vaccination administration protocol as set forth by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice.
(2) The pharmacist shall report each influenza immunization to the Louisiana Office of Public Health Immunization Registry at the time of the immunization or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(3) The pharmacist shall report all adverse events he observes or which are reported to him to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, the cooperative program of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug Administration for vaccine safety, or its successor program; and further, the pharmacist shall refer the patient with an adverse event to the influenza immunization for appropriate medical care.
(4) The pharmacist shall maintain for at least two years a record of each influenza immunization administered.
(5) The pharmacist shall obtain the appropriate credential to administer influenza immunizations from the board, as administratively defined, prior to administering any such immunization.
Acts 2010, No. 287, §1; Acts 2022, No. 271, §2.