{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-116","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health","authority":"G.L. c. 17, § 2A; Public Health Council vote of June 9, 2021; approval of the Governor (recited)","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-3","title":"Retail pharmacies with LTCF or ALR contracts may provide COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care facilities and assisted living residences without patient-specific prescriptions; facilities may possess vaccine without a Controlled Substance Registration if they comply with storage rules, administer under a practitioner\u0027s order, enroll in the Massachusetts COVID-19 Vaccination Program and report to the MIIS","dateIssued":"2021-07-30","effective":"2021-07-30","end":"duration of the modified public health emergency (rescinded with Order 2022-xx series in 2022)","startDate":"2021-07-30","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","SUPPLY","EMP"],"addressees":["retail pharmacies licensed by the Board of Registration in Pharmacy with LTCF or ALR contracts","licensed long-term care facilities and certified assisted living residences"],"clause":"To ensure that residents in licensed long-term care facilities and certified assisted living residences have access to COVID-19 vaccine, notwithstanding M.G.L. c. 94C, §§ 17 and 19, a retail pharmacy licensed by the Board of Registration in Pharmacy, that currently has a contractual agreement to provide controlled substances to a licensed long-term care facility (LTCF) or a certified assisted living residence (ALR), may provide COVID-19 vaccine to a LTCF or ALR without patient specific prescriptions. A licensed long-term care facility or certified assisted living residence may receive and possess COVID-19 vaccine from such a retail pharmacy, without obtaining a Massachusetts Controlled Substance Registration as a health facility in accordance with 105 CMR 700.004(A)(2), provided that the LTCF or ALR: Complies with all state and federal rules and regulations for security and storage of COVID-19 vaccine; Administers the vaccine pursuant to a valid practitioner\u0027s order; Enrolls in and complies with all terms of the Massachusetts COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MCVP), which shall include execution of the MCVP Agreement; and Reports all immunization information as required by law, including G.L. c. 111 § 24M and 105 CMR 222... IT IS SO ORDERED.","enforcement":"G.L. c. 17, § 2A; G.L. c. 94C (controlled substance registration); pharmacy and facility licensure","functions":["SC vaccine supply chain to LTC (pharmacy distribution conditions)","RS residential care (vaccine possession and administration conditions)","OF reporting (MIIS)","CB residents"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 instrument issued July 30, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/order-of-the-commissioner-of-public-health-regarding-covid-19-vaccine-possession-and-storage-in-long-term-care-facilities-and-certified-assisted-living-residences/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210901/https://www.mass.gov/doc/order-of-the-commissioner-of-public-health-regarding-covid-19-vaccine-possession-and-storage-in-long-term-care-facilities-and-certified-assisted-living-residences/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":445506,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-116","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-116","citation":"Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-3 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-116)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-054","MA-067"]}