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Am. H. B. No. 244 As Enrolled
(129th General Assembly)
(Amended House Bill Number 244)
AN ACT
To enact section 4765.391 of the Revised Code to
permit authorized paramedics to administer
immunizations for influenza to firefighters or
emergency medical technicians.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That section 4765.391 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4765.391. (A) The medical director or cooperating
physician advisory board of each emergency medical service
organization may authorize one or more emergency medical
technicians-paramedic within the organization to administer
immunizations for influenza to either of the following:
(1) A full-time paid firefighter, part-time paid firefighter,
or volunteer firefighter;
(2) An emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical
technician-intermediate, or paramedic.
(B) The medical director or cooperating physician advisory
board of each emergency medical service organization shall
establish written protocols and training necessary for a paramedic
to administer an immunization for influenza under this section. A
paramedic administering an immunization under this section shall
do so in accordance with the protocols and training.
(C) For each immunization administered under this section,
the paramedic administering the immunization shall, not later than
thirty days after the immunization is administered, do either of
the following:
(1) Provide notice of the immunization administration to the
board of health of the city or general health district in which
the individual receiving the immunization resides or, if there is
no board of health for that district, the authority having the
duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised
Code;
(2) Submit the immunization administration information to the
state immunization registry maintained by the department of
health.
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