New York A 7692: Authorizes certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines

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A07692 Summary:

BILL NOA07692A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05706-A

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SPONSORMcMahon

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6901, 6527 & 6909, add §6913, Ed L; amd §2168, Pub Health L

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Authorizes certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines pursuant to patient specific orders or non-patient specific orders; authorizes physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a patient specific order or non-patient specific order to a nursing student to administer certain vaccines.

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BILL NOA07692A

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04/04/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

03/05/2026amend and recommit to higher education

03/05/2026print number 7692a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7692--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher
 Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to authorizing certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines
 pursuant to patient specific orders or non-patient specific orders and
 authorizing physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe
 and order a patient specific order or non-patient specific order to a
 nursing student to administer certain vaccines

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 6901 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. "Nursing student" shall mean any person either receiving an educa-
 4 tion in nursing or who has completed an education in nursing within the
 5 prior year, where completing such education in nursing may permit such
 6 person to be granted licensure under this article in accordance with the
 7 applicable commissioner's regulations.
 8 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6913 to read
 9 as follows:
 10 § 6913. Vaccination by nursing students. 1. Any nursing student may,
 11 pursuant to a patient specific order or a non-patient specific order
 12 under sections sixty-nine hundred nine and sixty-five hundred twenty-
 13 seven of this title while overseen or approved by the department of
 14 health or local health departments and operated under the medical super-
 15 vision of licensed physicians, licensed physician assistants, or certi-
 16 fied nurse practitioners: (a) administering immunizations to prevent
 17 influenza to patients two years of age or older; and (b) administering
 18 immunizations to prevent pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03012-03-6

 A. 7692--A 2

 1 hepatitis B, human papillomavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella,
 2 COVID-19, meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis disease and
 3 medications required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis to patients
 4 eighteen years of age or older; and (c) administering other immuniza-
 5 tions in accordance with regulations issued by the commissioner, utiliz-
 6 ing generally accepted medical standards and taking into consideration
 7 recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American
 8 Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and
 9 Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the Advisory Commit-
 10 tee on Immunization Practices, or other similar nationally or interna-
 11 tionally recognized scientific organizations for patients eighteen years
 12 of age or older if the commissioner of health in consultation with the
 13 commissioner determines that an immunization: (i) (A) may be safely
 14 administered by a licensed pharmacist within their lawful scope of prac-
 15 tice; and (B) is needed to prevent the transmission