SB 35 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0834
05/04
SENATE BILL 35
AN ACT relative to RSV vaccine administration.
SPONSORS: Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 6; Rep. Rochefort, Graf. 1
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to administer an RSV vaccine to adults.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0834
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to RSV vaccine administration.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Vaccine Administration; RSV Added. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 318:16-b to read as follows:
318:16-b Pharmacist Administration of Vaccines. A pharmacist, pharmacy intern, licensed advanced pharmacy technician, or certified pharmacy technician, under the supervision of an on-site immunizing pharmacist may administer influenza and a COVID-19 vaccine, if available, to the general public. A pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or licensed advanced pharmacy technician, under the supervision of an on-site immunizing pharmacist may administer haemophilus influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis A and B, human papillomavirus, meningococcal, pneumococcal, tetanus and diphtheria, varicella, zoster, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), and Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccines, which have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, to individuals 18 years of age or older as ordered by an immunizing pharmacist. The pharmacist, pharmacy intern, licensed advanced pharmacy technician, or certified pharmacy technician shall:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.