SF 326 (LSB 1836SV (2) 90)

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 epinephrine auto-injectors to persons ages eighteen years and older by a pharmacist pursuant to statewide protocols.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 155A.46, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A pharmacist may, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board in consultation with the department of public health and human services and consistent with subsection 2, order and administer the following to patients ages eighteen years and older:
   (1)  Naloxone.
   (2)  Nicotine replacement tobacco cessation products.
   (3)  An immunization or vaccination recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention advisory committee on immunization practices in its approved vaccination schedule for adults.
   (4)  An immunization or vaccination recommended by the United States centers for disease control and prevention for international travel.
   (5)  A Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) vaccination in a booster application.
   (6)  Other emergency immunizations or vaccinations in response to a public health emergency.
   (7)  An immunization or vaccination for COVID-19 as defined in section 686D.2.
   (8)  Epinephrine auto-injectors.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the ordering and administering of epinephrine auto-injectors by a pharmacist without a prescription.
   The bill provides that in accordance with statewide protocols developed by the board of pharmacy in consultation with the department of health and human services as well as other requirements, a pharmacist may order and administer an epinephrine auto-injector without a prescription to a person who is at least 18 years of age.