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This bill expands the authority of pharmacy technicians to administer drugs and vaccines and permits pharmacists and pharmacy interns, externs, and technicians to administer COVID-19 vaccines. The bill's amendments to section 24 of P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-63): 1) provide that a pharmacist is required to receive appropriate training to administer a prescription medication directly to a patient, but is no longer required to be certified to administer a prescription medication directly to a patient; 2) permit a pharmacy technician to administer drugs to a patient 18 years of age or older, provided that the pharmacy technician is appropriately educated and qualified; 3) permit a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, pharmacy extern, or pharmacy technician to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to a patient who is five years of age or older; 4) in the case of a patient who is under 18 years of age, prohibit a pharmacy technician from administering a vaccine without the permission of the patient's parent or legal guardian; 5) remove the following provision: "For a patient who is under 10 years of age, a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy extern shall not administer a vaccine unless pursuant to a prescription by an authorized prescriber. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a patient 10 years of age or older to obtain a prescription for an influenza vaccine"; 6) permit a pharmacy technician to administer immunizations to patients by injection or by other delivery method, provided that the pharmacy technician is acting under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist; 7) provide that an immunization administered to a patient by a pharmacy technician is to be reported by a supervising pharmacist to the New Jersey Immunization Information System; and 8) lower the age of the patient to whom a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, pharmacy extern, or pharmacy technician may administer an influenza vaccine from seven years old to five years old.

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Herbert Conaway (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee (on 11/30/2023)

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