By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1719


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

Relating to the administration of medication.                                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Amend Section 554.004(a), Occupations Code to 
read as follows.  (a)  The board shall specify conditions under 
which a pharmacist may administer medication, including an 
immunization and vaccination.  The conditions must ensure that:
		(1)  [a licensed health care provider authorized to 
administer the medication is not reasonably available to administer 
the medication;]
		[(2)  failure to administer the medication, other than 
an immunization or vaccination, might result in a significant delay 
or interruption of a critical phase of drug therapy;]
		[(3)]  the pharmacist possesses the necessary skill, 
education, and certification as specified by the board to 
administer the medication;
		(2) [(4)]  within a reasonable time after administering 
medication, the pharmacist notifies the licensed health care 
provider responsible for the patient's care that the medication was 
administered;
		[(5)  the pharmacist may not administer medication to a
patient at the patient's residence, except at a licensed nursing 
home or hospital;]
		(3) [(6)]  the pharmacist administers an immunization 
or vaccination under a physician's written protocol and meets the 
standards established by the board; and
		(4) [(7)]  the authority of a pharmacist to administer 
medication may not be delegated.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.