1. (a) A health care provider shall establish a protocol with a pharmacist or a pharmacy. The protocol shall establish which vaccines may be administered, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and emergency procedures.

2. (b) Written protocols shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

   1. (1) The name of the health care provider authorized to order or prescribe drugs;
   2. (2) the name of the pharmacist or pharmacists authorized to administer the vaccine;
   3. (3) the types of vaccines that the pharmacist or pharmacists are authorized to administer;
   4. (4) the procedures, decision criteria or plan the pharmacist or pharmacists shall follow when exercising the administration authority, including when to refer the patient to the physician;
   5. (5) the procedures for emergency situations; and(6) record keeping and documentation procedures, which shall include a requirement that the name of the pharmacist who administered the vaccine be recorded.

(Adopted effective November 30, 2006)