High schoolers would need a parent's permission to get COVID vaccines under NC bill
Measure passed the Senate unanimously Tuesday, heads to House.
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The bill passed the Senate Tuesday afternoon without debate, 42-0. It heads back to the North Carolina House now for more discussion.
The Pfizer vaccine is approved down to age 12, and current state law doesn't specify how old someone has to be to get vaccinated without parental permission. It's up to a doctor right now to make that decision.
House Bill 96 would require written permission, at least until COVID-19 vaccines get full authorization from federal regulators. They're administered now under an emergency authorization.
The rest of the bill lays out new immunizations and medicines that pharmacists could administer:
- COVID-19 vaccines to people over age 6 (once they're approved for children that young) with a prescription, and to people over age 10 without a prescription
- Any other vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration
- Nicotine replacement therapy
- Self-administered oral or transdermal contraceptives
- Prenatal vitamins
- HIV post-exposure prophylaxis
- Glucagon
- Testosterone
- Vitamin B12 injections
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