A 5460: Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines while under appropriate supervision of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5460 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation to the administration of immunizations by medical assistants The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 9-a to read as follows: 3 9-a. Any medical assistant when drawing and administering an immuniza- 4 tion in an outpatient office setting under the direct supervision of a 5 physician or physician assistant. 6 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2113 to 7 read as follows: 8 § 2113. Administration of immunizations; medical assistants. Notwith- 9 standing any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, physicians 10 and physician assistants are hereby authorized to delegate the task of 11 drawing up and administering vaccinations to medical assistants in an 12 outpatient office setting; provided, however, that such vaccinations are 13 recommended by the federal advisory committee for immunization practices 14 and centers for disease control and prevention; and provided, further, 15 that medical assistants receive appropriate training and adequate super- 16 vision in administering immunizations pursuant to regulations determined 17 by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of education. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 20 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 21 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 22 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09017-01-5