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| To enact section 4765.391 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| permit authorized paramedics to administer | 2 |
| immunizations for influenza to firefighters or | 3 |
| emergency medical technicians. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 4765.391 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 4765.391. (A) The medical director or cooperating | 7 |
| physician advisory board of each emergency medical service | 8 |
| organization may authorize one or more emergency medical | 9 |
| technicians-paramedic within the organization to administer | 10 |
| immunizations for influenza to either of the following: | 11 |
| (1) A full-time paid firefighter, part-time paid firefighter, | 12 |
| or volunteer firefighter; | 13 |
| (2) An emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical | 14 |
| technician-intermediate, or paramedic. | 15 |
| (B) The medical director or cooperating physician advisory | 16 |
| board of each emergency medical service organization shall | 17 |
| establish written protocols and training necessary for a paramedic | 18 |
| to administer an immunization for influenza under this section. A | 19 |
| paramedic administering an immunization under this section shall | 20 |
| do so in accordance with the protocols and training. | 21 |