HSB 51 (LSB 1715YC (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MEYER)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the administering, prescribing, or ordering of immunizations or vaccines by a licensed podiatric physician, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 149.5, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   149.5  Amputations —— anesthesia —— prescription drugs —— immunizations and vaccines.
   1.  A license to practice podiatry shall not authorize the licensee to amputate the human foot.
   2.  A licensed podiatric physician may do all of the following:
   a.  Administer local anesthesia.
   b.  Administer conscious sedation in a hospital or an ambulatory surgical center.
   c.  Prescribe and administer drugs for the treatment of human foot ailments as provided in section 149.1.
   d.  Order, prescribe, or administer an immunization or vaccine pursuant to protocols developed by the board in consultation with the department of health and human services. A licensed podiatric physician may order, prescribe, or administer epinephrine when medically indicated for an anaphylactic adverse reaction to the administered immunization or vaccine.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a podiatric physician may order, prescribe, or administer an immunization or vaccine pursuant to protocols developed by the board of podiatry in consultation with the department of health and human services. Additionally, the bill authorizes a licensed podiatric physician to order, prescribe, or administer epinephrine when medically indicated for an anaphylactic adverse reaction to the administered immunization or vaccine. The bill takes effect upon enactment.