Bill > S05635

This bill authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for reversible progestin-only contraceptive use. Specifically, it allows pharmacists to administer a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved reversible progestin-only contraceptive injection, in addition to dispensing self-administered hormonal contraceptives. The bill outlines the requirements for pharmacists, including providing self-screening risk assessment questionnaires and fact sheets to patients, receiving satisfactory training, and notifying patients' primary healthcare providers within 72 hours of administering the injection. The bill also gives the Commissioner of Health the authority to establish a non-patient specific order for pharmacists to dispense and administer the reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections.