HB 249 Busick, Danny
HB 249 -- VACCINATION ADMINISTERED BY DENTIST
SPONSOR: Busick
This bill provides that a dentist may prescribe and administer vaccines to patients with whom the dentist has an established patient relationship or to any person when the dentist is deployed to provide care as necessitated by a declared emergency, provided a dentist shall not vaccinate a child under the age of seven or under the minimum age recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To prescribe and administer vaccines, the dentist must complete a training course recognized by the Missouri Dental Board. Prior to administration of the vaccine, the dentist must review the patient's vaccination history. The dentist administering vaccines pursuant to the provisions of this bill shall inform the patient and enter the patient's receipt of a vaccine into the ShowMeVax system.
All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage for vaccinations shall also provide coverage for vaccinations administered by dentists under the provisions of this bill.
This bill expands the meaning of practicing dentistry to include a person who prescribes and administers vaccines for diseases related to care within the practice of dentistry and those who administer vaccines when deployed to provide care as necessitated by a declared emergency pursuant to state law.
This bill is similar to HCS HB 1798 (2022).