Section 631.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Special endorsement to administer immunizations]1. The Board shall, upon application by a dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter who has completed a course of training in the administration of immunizations that is approved by the Board pursuant to subsection 2, issue a special endorsement of the license allowing the dentist, dental hygienist or dental therapist to administer immunizations.2. The Board may approve a course of training in the administration of immunizations if the course: (a) Provides participants with practical training and written instructional materials concerning the administration of immunizations;(b) Includes an evaluation of the technique of participants in the administration of immunizations; and(c) Includes instruction consistent with the guidelines prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services concerning: (1) Practices for administering immunizations to children, adolescents and adults;(2) Basic immunology and the mechanism by which immunizations induce protection from disease;(3) Diseases that are preventable through immunizations;(4) Storage and management of immunizations;(5) Recommended schedules for immunization;(6) Informed consent to immunization;(7) Physiology and techniques for administering immunizations;(8) Assessment and counseling before and after administering an immunization;(9) Maintenance of records relating to immunizations; and(10) Identifying, responding to and reporting adverse events resulting from immunizations.3. A dentist who holds a special endorsement issued pursuant to subsection 1 may administer immunizations by an intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.4. A dental hygienist or dental therapist who holds a special endorsement issued pursuant to subsection 1 may administer immunizations by an intranasal, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection only under authorization from a dentist who also holds such a special endorsement.Added by 2023, Ch. 513,§15, eff. 1/1/2024.