No. HB 407
Filed under Healthcare.
Administration of Medications; Authorizes pharmacist to administer certain medications.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPharmacists join physician assistants, registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses as professionals who may deliver medication-assisted treatment for a licensed service provider, working under an established protocol with a supervising physician.
A pharmacist directed by a physician may already inject long-acting antipsychotic medication under a protocol. That same authority now covers medication for opiate addiction treatment approved by the FDA, using the same protocol, training, and privacy rules.
The 8-hour continuing education course pharmacists must complete before giving these injections now has to cover opiate-addiction medication too, alongside the antipsychotic-medication training it already required.
AIA pharmacist working for a licensed medication-assisted treatment provider may now deliver medication as prescribed by rule, the same authority already held by physician assistants, registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses.
AIA pharmacist directed by a physician may administer, by injection, not only long-acting antipsychotic medication but also FDA-approved medication for the treatment of opiate addiction, under the same established-protocol and training requirements as before.
AIThe written protocol requirements for medication-assisted treatment, covering supervision, counseling coordination, and required signatures, now apply to a pharmacist acting under an established protocol with a physician, the same framework already governing the other authorized professionals.
AIThe mandatory 8-hour course a pharmacist completes before giving these injections must now teach the safe and effective administration of opiate-addiction medication by injection, in addition to the antipsychotic-medication training it already required.