ORS 689.645
Vaccines, patient care services, drugs and devices

  • formulary
  • rules

(1)

In accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy under ORS 689.205 (Rules), a pharmacist may:

(a)

Administer vaccines:

(A)

To persons who are seven years of age or older; or

(B)

If authorized by the Governor or the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management under ORS 433.441 (Declaration of public health emergency) or the Public Health Director under ORS 433.443 (Authority of Public Health Director during public health emergency) or 433.444 (Authority of Public Health Director during disease outbreak), to a person three years of age or older.

(b)

Pursuant to a statewide drug therapy management protocol developed by the Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee convened under ORS 689.649 (Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee) and adopted by rule of the board, provide approved patient care services including smoking cessation therapy and travel health services.

(c)

Using a form prescribed by the board, submit a concept for the development of a protocol, other than the protocols pharmacists may establish under subsection (5) of this section, to the committee for consideration by the committee and recommendation to the board for adoption by rule of the board.

(d)

Prescribe and dispense a drug or device included on the formulary established under subsection (6) of this section if the prescription and dispensation is pursuant to a diagnosis by a health care practitioner who has prescriptive authority and is qualified to make the diagnosis.

(2)

The board may adopt rules allowing a pharmacist to prescribe vaccines, provide patient care services and submit protocol concepts under subsection (1) of this section. The rules related to the prescription of vaccines may be only as broad as necessary to enable pharmacists to enroll and participate in the Vaccines for Children Program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(3)

The board is authorized to issue, to licensed pharmacists who have completed training accredited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or a similar health authority or professional body, certificates of special competency in the prescription and administration of vaccines.

(4)

The board shall adopt rules relating to the reporting of the prescription and administration of vaccines to a patient’s primary health care provider and to the Oregon Health Authority.

(5)

The board shall adopt rules requiring pharmacists to establish protocols for the prescription and administration of vaccines and the provision of patient care services under subsection (1) of this section.

(6)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The board shall establish by rule a formulary of drugs and devices, as recommended by the committee, that a pharmacist may prescribe and dispense to a patient pursuant to a diagnosis by a health care practitioner who has prescriptive authority and who is qualified to make the diagnosis.

(b)

The formulary may include post-diagnostic drugs and devices such as diabetic testing supplies, emergency refills of insulin, albuterol inhalers, epinephrine autoinjectors, smoking cessation aids, discharge medications for transitions of care, rapid strep tests and spacers. [1999 c.350 §3b; 2005 c.312 §1; 2009 c.250 §1; 2009 c.595 §1104; 2011 c.245 §1; 2013 c.332 §5; 2015 c.295 §1; 2015 c.362 §4; 2017 c.106 §1; 2021 c.539 §43]
Note: The amendments to 689.645 (Vaccines, patient care services, drugs and devices) by section 43, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 155, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
689.645 (Vaccines, patient care services, drugs and devices). (1) In accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Pharmacy under ORS 689.205 (Rules), a pharmacist may:

(a)

Administer vaccines:

(A)

To persons who are seven years of age or older; or

(B)

If authorized by the Governor under ORS 433.441 (Declaration of public health emergency) or the Public Health Director under ORS 433.443 (Authority of Public Health Director during public health emergency) or 433.444 (Authority of Public Health Director during disease outbreak), to a person three years of age or older.

(b)

Pursuant to a statewide drug therapy management protocol developed by the Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee convened under ORS 689.649 (Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee) and adopted by rule of the board, provide approved patient care services including smoking cessation therapy and travel health services.

(c)

Using a form prescribed by the board, submit a concept for the development of a protocol, other than the protocols pharmacists may establish under subsection (5) of this section, to the committee for consideration by the committee and recommendation to the board for adoption by rule of the board.

(d)

Prescribe and dispense a drug or device included on the formulary established under subsection (6) of this section if the prescription and dispensation is pursuant to a diagnosis by a health care practitioner who has prescriptive authority and is qualified to make the diagnosis.

(2)

The board may adopt rules allowing a pharmacist to prescribe vaccines, provide patient care services and submit protocol concepts under subsection (1) of this section. The rules related to the prescription of vaccines may be only as broad as necessary to enable pharmacists to enroll and participate in the Vaccines for Children Program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(3)

The board is authorized to issue, to licensed pharmacists who have completed training accredited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or a similar health authority or professional body, certificates of special competency in the prescription and administration of vaccines.

(4)

The board shall adopt rules relating to the reporting of the prescription and administration of vaccines to a patient’s primary health care provider and to the Oregon Health Authority.

(5)

The board shall adopt rules requiring pharmacists to establish protocols for the prescription and administration of vaccines and the provision of patient care services under subsection (1) of this section.

(6)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The board shall establish by rule a formulary of drugs and devices, as recommended by the committee, that a pharmacist may prescribe and dispense to a patient pursuant to a diagnosis by a health care practitioner who has prescriptive authority and who is qualified to make the diagnosis.

(b)

The formulary may include post-diagnostic drugs and devices such as diabetic testing supplies, emergency refills of insulin, albuterol inhalers, epinephrine autoinjectors, smoking cessation aids, discharge medications for transitions of care, rapid strep tests and spacers.
Note: Section 3, chapter 106, Oregon Laws 2017, provides:
Sec. 3. The name of the Public Health Advisory Committee is changed to the Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee. The Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee is a continuation of the Public Health Advisory Committee. [2017 c.106 §3]

Source: Section 689.645 — Vaccines, patient care services, drugs and devices; formulary; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors689.­html.

689.005
Definitions
689.025
Policy
689.035
Short title
689.045
Severability
689.115
Membership
689.135
General powers of board
689.139
State Board of Pharmacy Account
689.145
Enforcement powers of board
689.151
Board control over licensing, standards and discipline
689.153
Continuing authority of board upon lapse, suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of license or certificate
689.155
Authority of board over medications, drugs, devices and other materials
689.165
Officers
689.175
Compensation of board members and executive director
689.185
Meetings
689.195
Employees
689.205
Rules
689.207
Authority of board to require fingerprints
689.225
License requirement
689.255
Qualifications for licensure by examination
689.265
Qualifications for licensure by reciprocity
689.275
Renewal of licenses
689.285
Continuing education
689.295
Practice of clinical pharmacy
689.305
Registration of drug outlets
689.315
Application
689.325
Required reports
689.335
Certificate required
689.405
Grounds for discipline
689.445
Penalties and reinstatement
689.455
Duty to report suspected violations and prohibited conduct
689.486
When license required
689.490
Board to establish licensing system
689.495
Provision of licensing information
689.497
Report required upon termination of pharmacy technician
689.499
Pharmacy technician specialized education program
689.503
Licensing of pharmaceutical representatives
689.505
Labeling requirements
689.508
Prescription records
689.515
Regulation of generic drugs
689.522
Substitution of biological products for prescribed biological products
689.524
Approval of coverage for biological product
689.525
Out-of-state prescriptions
689.527
Prohibited practices
689.532
Complimentary samples
689.555
Agricultural drugs and certain other substances
689.557
Disposal of marijuana item left at retail drug outlet
689.561
Prescription readers
689.564
Language requirements for prescription drug labels
689.605
Power to dispense drugs from hospital pharmacies, drug rooms and penal institutions
689.615
Display of certificate or license
689.635
Dispensing according to naturopathic formulary
689.645
Vaccines, patient care services, drugs and devices
689.649
Public Health and Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee
689.655
Power to administer drugs and devices
689.661
Power to perform tests and examinations related to federally cleared analytes
689.681
Opiate overdose
689.682
Prescription of naloxone
689.684
Administration of naloxone by certain persons
689.686
Notice of availability of naloxone
689.689
Prescription and administration or dispensation of certain contraceptives
689.692
Dispensation of prescription drug containing cannabinoids
689.696
Prescription and dispensation of emergency refills of insulin
689.700
Telepharmacy
689.704
Preexposure and post-exposure antiretroviral therapies
689.770
Definitions for ORS 689.770 to 689.780
689.772
Establishment of program
689.774
Rules
689.776
Inspection
689.778
Eligibility
689.780
Immunity
689.832
Civil penalties
689.854
Civil penalty for violation of ORS 689.515
689.995
Criminal penalties
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