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Dentists, dental students authorized to administer monkeypox vaccine

Reprinted from ADA Morning Huddle, October 6, 2022:

The US Department of Health and Human Services has amended a Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration to authorize additional providers, including dentists and dental students, to vaccinate patients against monkeypox virus, smallpox and other orthopoxviruses in a declared emergency, ADA News reports. By expanding the number providers who can administer the monkeypox vaccine, HHS hopes to increase equitable access for those at high risk for infection, according to a HHS Oct. 3 news release. HHS previously amended the PREP Act in 2021 to allow dentists and dental students to administer COVID-19 vaccines, which the ADA advocated for and supported. For more information about monkeypox and PREP Act coverage, visit the HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response’s website.

Full Story: ADA News (10/5)

Billy Tarpley

About Billy Tarpley

Serve as chief lobbyist for the dental association, which was established in 1887. Oversee all legal and regulatory matters, as well as publications, continuing dental education, conference planning and governance activities. Between 2005 and 2009, spent 4 years as Director of Development at Henderson State University (alma mater), but returned to the association in 2009.