#SFHH2617311AFrance Expands Nurses’ Authority to Prescribe Vaccines and Renew Certain Health Products
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The order allows state-qualified nurses in France to prescribe specified vaccines, renew oral contraceptive prescriptions, and prescribe or renew certain medical devices used for wound prevention and treatment. In practice, nurses may prescribe vaccines listed in the vaccination schedule for people aged 11 and over, with limits for live attenuated vaccines in immunocompromised patients. They may also prescribe seasonal flu vaccines for people aged 11 and over and covid-19 vaccines for people aged 5 and over. Nurses must declare vaccine-prescribing activity to their professional order and may need training unless they only prescribe flu or covid-19 vaccines.
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Key Changes
- Nurses may prescribe vaccination-schedule vaccines for people aged 11 and over, subject to medical limits for immunocompromised patients.
- Nurses may prescribe seasonal flu vaccines from age 11 and covid-19 vaccines from age 5.
- Nurses may renew oral contraceptive prescriptions for up to six months and must record the renewal details on the original prescription.
Obligations
What this law requires
State-qualified nurses must declare any vaccine-prescribing activity to the competent authority of the nursing order with which they are registered before starting that activity.
The vaccine-prescribing declaration must include the nurse’s professional surname and first name and their identification number in the sectoral reference directory for natural persons under Article L. 1470-4.
A nurse who did not receive vaccine-prescription instruction during initial training must attach a training certificate from an eligible training body or structure to the vaccine-prescribing declaration, unless the nurse only prescribes seasonal flu or covid-19 vaccines.
State-qualified nurses may not prescribe live attenuated vaccines to immunocompromised persons when prescribing vaccines listed in the vaccination schedule for persons aged 11 and over.
When renewing an oral contraceptive prescription, the nurse must write on the original medical prescription their surname, first name, and registration number obtained under Article L. 4311-15.