Senate File 326 - Introduced SENATE FILE 326 BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1103) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the ordering and administering of 1 epinephrine auto-injectors to persons ages eighteen years 2 and older by a pharmacist pursuant to statewide protocols. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1836SV (2) 90 pf/rh
S.F. 326 Section 1. Section 155A.46, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2023, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols 3 developed by the board in consultation with the department of 4 public health and human services and consistent with subsection 5 2 , order and administer the following to patients ages eighteen 6 years and older: 7 (1) Naloxone. 8 (2) Nicotine replacement tobacco cessation products. 9 (3) An immunization or vaccination recommended by the 10 United States centers for disease control and prevention 11 advisory committee on immunization practices in its approved 12 vaccination schedule for adults. 13 (4) An immunization or vaccination recommended by the 14 United States centers for disease control and prevention for 15 international travel. 16 (5) A Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) 17 vaccination in a booster application. 18 (6) Other emergency immunizations or vaccinations in 19 response to a public health emergency. 20 (7) An immunization or vaccination for COVID-19 as defined 21 in section 686D.2 . 22 (8) Epinephrine auto-injectors. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill relates to the ordering and administering 27 of epinephrine auto-injectors by a pharmacist without a 28 prescription. 29 The bill provides that in accordance with statewide 30 protocols developed by the board of pharmacy in consultation 31 with the department of health and human services as well as 32 other requirements, a pharmacist may order and administer an 33 epinephrine auto-injector without a prescription to a person 34 who is at least 18 years of age. 35 -1- LSB 1836SV (2) 90 pf/rh 1/ 1