New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 8 - Executive Orders (Andrew M. Cuomo) › Section 8.68 - Executive Order No. 68: Temporary Suspension and Modification of Statutes and Regulations to Expand Access to Tetanus Immunizations During the State Disaster Emergency

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, on October 26, 2012, I issued Executive Order
					 Number 47, declaring a disaster emergency in all 62 counties in the State of
					 New York; and
WHEREAS, on October 30, 2012, the President issued a major
					 disaster declaration for the counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York,
					 Queens, Richmond and Suffolk, and on November 2, 2012, extended such
					 declaration to include Rockland and Westchester Counties;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article
					 2-B of the Executive Law to temporarily suspend or modify specific provisions
					 of any statute, local law, ordinance, orders, rules or regulations, or parts
					 thereof, of any agency during a State disaster emergency, if compliance with
					 such provisions would prevent, hinder or delay action necessary to cope with
					 the disaster, hereby temporarily suspend or modify, as the case may be, during
					 the period from the date that the disaster emergency was declared pursuant to
					 Executive Order Number 47, issued on October 26, 2012, until further notice,
					 the following:
Article 68 of the Education Law, and any associated
					 regulations, to the extent that such provisions limit the ability of
					 pharmacists already authorized to administer certain immunizations pursuant to
					 Section 6801 and subdivision (22) of Section 6802  of the Education Law to
					 administer tetanus toxoid containing vaccines, including those also containing
					 diphtheria and pertussis vaccine, to persons 18 years of age or older within
					 the federally declared counties, pursuant to a patient specific or non-patient
					 specific regimen from a physician or certified nurse practitioner;
Article 133 of the Education Law, and any associated
					 regulations, to the extent that such provisions limit the ability of dentists
					 to administer tetanus toxoid containing vaccines, including those also
					 containing diphtheria and pertussis vaccine, to persons 18 years of age or
					 older within the federally declared counties, pursuant to a patient specific or
					 non-patient specific regimen from a physician or certified nurse
					 practitioner;
Article 30 of the Public Health Law and Articles 131 and
					 139 of the Education Law, and any associated regulations, to the extent that
					 such provisions limit the ability of emergency medical technicians to
					 administer tetanus toxoid containing vaccines, including those also containing
					 diphtheria and pertussis vaccine, to persons 18 years of age or older within
					 the federally declared counties, pursuant to a patient specific or non-patient
					 specific regimen from a physician or certified nurse practitioner, so that such
					 emergency medical technicians can administer vaccines under the jurisdiction of
					 a county or city health department within the federally declared counties,
					 provided that such county or city health department shall be responsible for
					 supervision of the emergency medical technicians and maintaining patient
					 records of such administration; and
Subdivision (7) of Section 6527 and subdivision (7) of
					 Section 6909  of the Education Law, and any associated regulations, to the
					 extent that such provisions do not permit physicians and certified nurse
					 practitioners to prescribe and order a patient specific or non-patient specific
					 regimen for tetanus toxoid containing vaccines, including those also containing
					 diphtheria and pertussis vaccine, to pharmacists certified to administer
					 vaccines pursuant to Article 68 of the Education Law, dentists licensed under
					 Article 133 of the Education Law, or emergency medical technicians certified
					 pursuant to Article 30 of the Public Health Law, so that such individuals can
					 administer vaccines as set forth in this Executive Order.
Signed: Andrew M. Cuomo
Dated: November 9, 2012