{"id":"FED-180","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health and Human Services","authority":"Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, PHS Act § 319F-3 (42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d)","instrument":"Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020)","title":"Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-10","effective":"2020-02-04 (\u0027The Declaration was effective as of February 4, 2020\u0027)","end":"effective period through October 1, 2024 (§ XII, as amended)","startDate":"2020-02-04","endDate":"2024-10-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","HC"],"addressees":["manufacturers, distributors, program planners and qualified persons administering covered countermeasures (tests, PPE, vaccines, treatments)"],"clause":"The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to issue a Declaration to provide liability immunity to certain individuals and entities (Covered Persons) against any claim of loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the manufacture, distribution, administration, or use of medical countermeasures (Covered Countermeasures), except for claims involving \u0027willful misconduct\u0027 as defined in the PREP Act.... DATES: The Declaration was effective as of February 4, 2020.","enforcement":"Liability immunity; amended nine times through 2021 (85 Fed. Reg. 21012; 35100; 52136; 79190; 86 Fed. Reg. 7872; 9516; 14462; 41977; 51160)","functions":["context: the federal legal framework under which pharmacies, employers\u0027 clinics, and later dental and other practitioners administered tests and vaccines"],"notes":"CONTEXT ONLY (framework, not an order limiting commerce). Its amendments authorized pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to administer COVID-19 tests and vaccines nationwide, preempting State scope-of-practice limits (Third and Fourth Amendments).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-17/pdf/2020-05484.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193356,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-180","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-180","citation":"Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-025","FED-181","FED-182","FED-183","FED-074","FED-184"]}