{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Public Health","authority":"G.L. c. 94C, § 7(g) and 105 CMR [700.003] (recited: \u0027I hereby determine that there will be insufficient health care professionals available for timely vaccine administration\u0027)","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Allowing Certain Individuals to Administer Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines (revised Dec. 18, 2020; original Nov. 2, 2020)","title":"Paramedics, EMTs, and medical and nursing students may administer influenza vaccine and EUA COVID-19 vaccines under a practitioner\u0027s order, with training, supervision and written storage and handling protocols","dateIssued":"2020-12-18","effective":"2020-12-18","end":"superseded by later vaccinator orders (Jan. 2021 and 2021 emergency orders)","startDate":"2020-12-18","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["paramedics, EMTs, medical and nursing students","vaccination sites and their supervising practitioners"],"clause":"The purpose of this Order is to make possible the prompt administration of influenza vaccine and any [COVID-19 vaccine authorized by the Food and Drug] Administration in order to reduce morbidity and mortality from seasonal influenza and the COVID-19 [pandemic]... I hereby determine that there will be insufficient health care professionals available for timely vaccine administration. Therefore, pursuant to my authority, as set out in G.L. c. 94C, § 7(g) and 105 CMR [700.003, I order that the following individuals may administer influenza vaccine and] COVID-19 vaccines with EUA as set out in this Order and accompanying guidance... Any paramedic, EMT, medical or nursing student administering a vaccine in accordance with this Order shall administer the vaccine in accordance with the order or prescription of a duly registered practitioner... [and] must comply with written protocols to ensure proper storage, handling, and [administration].","enforcement":"G.L. c. 94C; professional licensure (Boards of Registration; OEMS)","functions":["HR credentialing (who may vaccinate)","CL vaccination site operations","ED EMS personnel redeployed to vaccination"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/order-of-the-commissioner-of-public-health-allowing-certain-individuals-to-administer-covid-19/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201230/https://www.mass.gov/doc/order-of-the-commissioner-of-public-health-allowing-certain-individuals-to-administer-covid-19/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":99149,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117","citation":"Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Allowing Certain Individuals to Administer Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines (revised Dec. 18, 2020; original Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}