Ohio Code 4765.391 – Administration of immunizations for influenza to firefighters or EMTs
(A) The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization may authorize one or more emergency medical technicians-paramedic within the organization to administer immunizations for influenza to either of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4765.391
- Emergency medical service: includes such services performed before or during any transport of a patient, including transports between hospitals and transports to and from helicopters. See Ohio Code 4765.01
- Emergency medical service organization: means a public or private organization using first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, or paramedics, or a combination of first responders, EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, and paramedics, to provide emergency medical services. See Ohio Code 4765.01
- Firefighter: means any member of a fire department as defined in section 742. See Ohio Code 4765.01
- paramedic: means an individual who holds a current, valid certificate issued under section 4765. See Ohio Code 4765.01
- Part-time paid firefighter: means a person who provides firefighting services on less than a full-time basis, is routinely scheduled to be present on site at a fire station or other designated location for purposes of responding to a fire or other emergency, and receives more than nominal compensation for the provision of firefighting services. See Ohio Code 4765.01
- Physician: means an individual who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4731 of the Revised Code authorizing the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. See Ohio Code 4765.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Volunteer: means a person who provides services either for no compensation or for compensation that does not exceed the actual expenses incurred in providing the services or in training to provide the services. See Ohio Code 4765.01
(1) A full-time paid firefighter, part-time paid firefighter, or volunteer firefighter;
(2) An emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or paramedic.
(B) The medical director or cooperating physician advisory board of each emergency medical service organization shall establish written protocols and training necessary for a paramedic to administer an immunization for influenza under this section. A paramedic administering an immunization under this section shall do so in accordance with the protocols and training.
(C) For each immunization administered under this section, the paramedic administering the immunization shall, not later than thirty days after the immunization is administered, do either of the following:
(1) Provide notice of the immunization administration to the board of health of the city or general health district in which the individual receiving the immunization resides or, if there is no board of health for that district, the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code;
(2) Submit the immunization administration information to the state immunization registry maintained by the department of health.