Sec.20-633-5. Systems for control and reporting

(a) A health care provider shall establish a protocol with a pharmacist or a pharmacy. The protocol shall establish which vaccines may be administered, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and emergency procedures.

(b) Written protocols shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) The name of the health care provider authorized to order or prescribe drugs;

(2) the name of the pharmacist or pharmacists authorized to administer the vaccine;

(3) the types of vaccines that the pharmacist or pharmacists are authorized to administer;

(4) the procedures, decision criteria or plan the pharmacist or pharmacists shall follow when exercising the administration authority, including when to refer the patient to the physician;

(5) the procedures for emergency situations; and

(6) record keeping and documentation procedures, which shall include a requirement that the name of the pharmacist who administered the vaccine be recorded.

(Adopted effective November 30, 2006)