Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 855 - BOARD OF PHARMACY
Division 7 - PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Section 855-007-0080 - Emergency Immunization and Drug Distribution
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
When a public health emergency has been declared, the following principles and procedures shall apply to the distribution, dispensing and administration of vaccines or drugs:
(1) The distribution of vaccines and drugs is to be in accordance with instructions provided by OSPHD.
(2) LHDs are authorized to distribute SNS or state stockpile drugs to designated Treatment Centers (TC) or health-care providers designated by the State Public Health Director or a local health administrator.
(3) A TC may include but is not limited to:
(4) A TC may possess, distribute, dispense and administer vaccines and drugs if these rules are in effect.
(5) A health-care provider, designated by the local health administrator, at a TC shall be responsible for administration, distribution and tracking of vaccines and drugs in accordance with procedures established by OSPHD.
(6) A health-care provider may, if permitted under that provider's scope of practice and these rules, distribute, dispense and administer vaccines and drugs.
(7) An Individual Data Collection Form (IDCF) shall be filled out for each person receiving a vaccine or drug at a TC or from a health-care provider, and this IDCF shall be treated as a valid prescription and retained as follows:
(8) Community Partner: A Community Partner means any entity that is authorized by OSPHD or OBOP to:
(9) This authority for LHDs, TCs, health-care providers and Community Partners to possess drugs shall extend beyond the declared emergency until procedures issued by OSPHD for the return or destruction of unused drugs have been completed.
(10) A pharmacist may administer a vaccine to a person who is at least three years of age or older.
(11) For immunization clinics, an immunizing pharmacist may supervise as many Oregon-licensed immunizing interns as that pharmacist determines, in their own professional judgment, will maintain public health and safety.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 401.065, ORS 433.441 & ORS 689.205
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 689.155 & ORS 689.645