598992 Errata Notice correcting the numbering scheme in subsection 6512.7.

OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES

AND

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

ERRATA NOTICE

The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 309 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1203; D.C. Official Code § 2-559), and the Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth under § 302 (14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupation Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14)) (Act), Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, and the Pharmacy Practice Amendment Act of 2008, effective March 20, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-0306; D.C. Official Code 3-1201.02(11), hereby gives notice of the following corrections to the text of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) which was amended by a Notice of Final Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register and issued by the Department of Health on December 11, 2009 at 56 DCR 9325-9326.

The Notice of Final Rulemaking amended Subsection 6512.7 of Section 6512, “Administration of

Immunizations and Vaccinations by Pharmacists,” of Chapter 65, “Pharmacists,” of Title 17 by

adding paragraph (c)(6).  This Errata Notice corrects the incorrect numbering in Subsection

6512.7.  Subsection 6512.7 shall read as follows:

 

6512.7             The written protocol shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

(a)        A statement identifying the individual physician authorized to prescribe drugs and responsible for the delegation of administration of immunizations or vaccinations;

(b)        A statement identifying the individual pharmacist(s) authorized to administer immunizations or vaccinations as delegated by the physician;

(c)        A statement identifying the patient or groups of patients to receive the authorized immunization or vaccination; which shall be limited to:

(1)        Patients who are currently under the individual physician’s care or with whom the physician has provided medical treatment or care within the twelve months prior to the date of the written protocol;

(2)        Patients who are currently under the practice’s care or with whom a physician within the practice has provided medical treatment or care within the twelve months prior to the date of the written protocol;

(3)        Residents of a health care, residential services, or assisted living facility, when the medical director of such facility is the physician making the delegation;

(4)        District resident populations identified by the Director of the Department of Health as part of a public health services program, when the Director, or his or her designee, is the physician making the delegation;

(5)        Inmates of the District of Columbia jail, when the medical director for the facility is the physician making the delegation; and

(6)       The patient group covered by the protocol may cover any person age eighteen (18) and older with valid identification, if the protocol is expressly limited to only pneumococcal vaccinations and influenza vaccinations, including but not limited to H1N1 and other epidemic vaccinations which are then currently called for by the World Health Organization or the Center for Disease Control at the time of the vaccination; and

(d)               A statement identifying the location(s) at which the pharmacist may  administer immunizations or vaccinations which shall not include where a patient resides, except for a licensed nursing home, residential care facility, assisted living center, the District of Columbia jail, or a hospital;

 

(e)        A statement identifying the immunizations and vaccinations and emergency anaphylactic reaction treatment that may be administered by the pharmacist;

(f)        A statement identifying the activities the pharmacist shall follow in the course of administering immunizations and vaccinations, including procedures to follow in the case of reactions following administration; and

(g)        A statement that describes the content of, and the appropriate mechanisms for the pharmacist to report the administration of immunizations and vaccinations to the physician issuing the written protocol within the time frames specified in the protocol; which shall include providing the physician with a copy of the following records:

(1)        The name, address, gender, allergies and date of birth of the individual receiving the immunization or vaccination;

(2)        The date of administration

(3)        The route and site of the immunization or vaccination;

(4)        The name, dose, manufacturer’s lot number, and expiration date of the vaccine;

(5)        The name of the pharmacist administering the immunization or vaccination;

(6)        Any adverse events encountered.

The text of Chapter 65 of Title 17 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations is corrected in accordance with the intended text of the Rulemaking.

Any questions or comments regarding this notice shall be addressed by mail to Administrator, Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 520 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, or via telephone at [phone].