{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services","authority":"Public Health Service Act s. 319F-3 (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d)","instrument":"Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020)","title":"Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-10","effective":"2020-02-04 (retroactive)","end":"Amended repeatedly through 2021 (pharmacist and pharmacy-technician authorizations Aug. 19 and Oct. 20, 2020); in force through 2024","startDate":"2020-02-04","endDate":"2020-10-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["manufacturers, distributors, program planners, qualified persons (covered persons)"],"clause":"The Secretary is issuing this Declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act to provide liability immunity for activities related to medical countermeasures against COVID-19.... DATES: The Declaration was effective as of February 4, 2020.","enforcement":"Preempts State law to the extent it conflicts with the Declaration (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d(b)(8))","functions":["IC infection control (testing, vaccination)","RT pharmacy services","HR credentialing (qualified persons)"],"notes":"The base declaration; its later amendments authorized pharmacists, pharmacy interns and technicians to order and administer COVID-19 tests and vaccines nationwide, preempting contrary State scope-of-practice rules.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-17/pdf/2020-05484.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193356,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040","citation":"Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038","AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-039","AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-036","AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-037"]}