Fifth Amendment to PREP Act Declaration Expands the Ranks of Health Care Providers Authorized to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/02/21
On January 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a Fifth Amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”), which expands the categories of qualified individuals authorized to administer FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines in response to the ongoing public health emergency brought on by the pandemic. Under the Fifth Amendment, doctors and nurses whose licenses expired within the past five years can now administer...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP