(a) The state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority who is a licensed prescriber may, as part of the individual's official capacity, issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol that allows a pharmacist to administer or dispense any of the following:
- (1) An immunization that is recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for individuals who are not less than eleven (11) years of age.
- (2) A smoking cessation product. However, the pharmacist must inform the patient that the patient must have a follow-up consultation with the patient's licensed prescriber.
- (b) The state health commissioner or designated public health authority who issues a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol under subsection (a) is immune from civil liability related to the issuing of the standing order, prescription, or protocol.
As added by P.L.96-2017, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.202-2017, SEC.1.