The Board of Pharmacy announced that due to the expiration of the federal public health emergency (PHE) and pursuant to the third enactment clause of HB 1323, routine childhood vaccines may be administered under the Board of Pharmacy (BOP) Vaccine Statewide Protocol for Persons Ages Three (3) through Seventeen (17). HB 1323 of 2022 made pharmacists’ authority to provide vaccines under the PREP Act permanent in the Commonwealth.
Also in Virginia, the Department of Health sent a communication to licensees to clarify that the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program Provider Agreement is still in effect and requires that all organizations and providers participating in the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Program continue to abide by its terms until the transition to commercialization is complete.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.