{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-013","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (Board of Pharmacy; EMS); State level","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General","authority":"Executive Order 20-52 § 4.B; Fla. Stat. § 252.36(5)(a)","instrument":"DOH Emergency Order 20-014","title":"In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders Made Necessary by COVID-19 (pharmacists and pharmacy interns may administer vaccines to minors and COVID-19 vaccines; EMT and paramedic renewal deadline of Dec. 1, 2020 extended to June 1, 2021)","dateIssued":"","effective":"October 2020 (execution line reads \u0027day of October 2020\u0027; clerk stamp partly illegible; captured by the Wayback Machine Oct. 16, 2020)","end":"Until the expiration of Executive Order 20-52 (June 26, 2021); EMS renewal deadline June 1, 2021","startDate":"2020-10-16","endDate":"2021-06-26","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["pharmacists and registered pharmacy interns certified under § 465.189(6)","EMTs and paramedics"],"clause":"Section 2: For purposes of preparing for, responding to, and mitigating any effect of COVID-19, I suspend the provision of section 465.189(1)(a), Florida Statutes, to the extent necessary to allow a pharmacist or registered pharmacy intern certified under section 465.189(6), Florida Statutes, to administer vaccines ordered and administered according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u0027s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) immunization schedules and any vaccine approved by the FDA to immunize individuals against COVID-19.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. § 456.072(1)(q); § 465.016; § 252.50","functions":["SC pharmacy operations (vaccination function added under compulsion of the emergency regime)","HR scope of practice","CB patients"],"notes":"Pharmacy vaccination authorization in Florida; the same function was reached in California by DCA-20-84 (Ex. 034)","sourceUrl":"http://www.flhealthsource.gov/pdf/EO-20-014.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":149907,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-013","citation":"Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General, DOH Emergency Order 20-014 (Oct. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-013)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-012","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-011","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-014"]}