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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-013 Order Primary source read

DOH Emergency Order 20-014

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)

Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General · Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (Board of Pharmacy; EMS); State level (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (Board of Pharmacy; EMS); State level · Florida
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Executive Order 20-52 § 4.B; Fla. Stat. § 252.36(5)(a)
Effective
October 2020 (execution line reads 'day of October 2020'; clerk stamp partly illegible; captured by the Wayback Machine Oct. 16, 2020) (read as 2020-10-16)
End
Until the expiration of Executive Order 20-52 (June 26, 2021); EMS renewal deadline June 1, 2021 (read as 2021-06-26)
In force
Oct. 16, 2020 to June 26, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • pharmacists and registered pharmacy interns certified under § 465.189(6)
  • EMTs and paramedics
Functions reached
  • SC pharmacy operations (vaccination function added under compulsion of the emergency regime)
  • HR scope of practice
  • CB patients
Collection
State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

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's 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

Notes

Pharmacy vaccination authorization in Florida; the same function was reached in California by DCA-20-84 (Ex. 034)

Retrieval note

Day of October 2020 not legible in the text layer; the Wayback capture of Oct. 16, 2020 bounds the issue date.