20091028-IR-410090040FRA Amends 410 IAC 1-1-1 to update and modify the list of communicable diseases that require documentation of immunity. Amends 410 IAC 1-1-2 and 410 IAC 1-1-3 concerning statements of immunization histor...

TITLE 410 INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Final Rule LSA Document #09-40(F)

DIGEST

Amends 410 IAC 1-1-1 to update and modify the list of communicable diseases that require documentation of immunity. Amends 410 IAC 1-1-2 and 410 IAC 1-1-3 concerning statements of immunization histories and documentation requirements. Amends 410 IAC 1-1-4 concerning school reporting forms. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.

410 IAC 1-1-1; 410 IAC 1-1-2; 410 IAC 1-1-3; 410 IAC 1-1-4

SECTION 1. 410 IAC 1-1-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

410 IAC 1-1-1 Immunization requirements

Authority: IC 16-19-3-5; IC 20-34-4-2

Affected: IC 20-34-4

Sec. 1. Immunization requirements. Every child less than nineteen (19) years of age residing in Indiana shall be immunized against the following:

(1) Diseases listed in IC 20-34-4.

(2) Meningitis.

(3) Varicella.

(4) Pertussis (whooping cough).

(5) Additional diseases for which immunizations are recommended by both the Indiana state department of health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

For those diseases listed in IC 20-8.1-7 (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, measles, and rubella), IC 20-34-4, and those diseases for which immunizations are recommended by the United States Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and published by the CDC in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the adequately immunizing doses and the child's age and appropriate intervals for administering each vaccine shall be those recommended in the current Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics ("Red Book") or those currently recommended by the United States Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. and published by the CDC in the MMWR.

(Indiana State Department of Health; Reg HCD 32, Sec 1; filed Aug 12, 1976, 10:09 a.m.: Rules and Regs. 1977, p. 217; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; filed Sep 29, 2009, 3:55 p.m.: 20091028-IR-410090040FRA)

SECTION 2. 410 IAC 1-1-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

410 IAC 1-1-2 Immunization record

Authority: IC 16-19-3-5; IC 20-34-4-2

Affected: IC 16-38-5; IC 20-34-4

Sec. 2. Statement of Immunization History. When a child enrolls for the first time in a school corporation for the first time, and annually thereafter, if the child does not have a record of appropriate immunizations in the immunization data registry, as established by IC 16-38-5, the parents parent or legal guardian shall furnish provide to the governing body of that corporation an adequately documented statement a record of the child's immunizations which shall show that the child has received at least the minimum number of doses for his age as recommended by the official bodies named in Section 1. The statement shall also show whether the child has been tested for sickle cell anemia or for lead poisoning and the results of any such testing. signed by a physician or health care provider or an official immunization registry record.

(Indiana State Department of Health; Reg HCD 32,Sec 2; filed Aug 12, 1976, 10:09 a.m.: Rules and Regs. 1977, p. 217; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; filed Sep 29, 2009, 3:55 p.m.: 20091028-IR-410090040FRA)

SECTION 3. 410 IAC 1-1-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

410 IAC 1-1-3 Documentation of immunization history

Authority: IC 16-19-3-5; IC 20-34-4-2

Affected: IC 20-34-4

Sec. 3. Documentation. Adequate documentation of an immunization history shall consist of an immunization record:

(a) a physician's certificate, if available; or

(1) signed by a physician or health care professional;

(b) immunization records forwarded (2) from another school corporation; a state immunization registry; or

(c) a record maintained by the parent showing the month and year during which each dose of vaccine was administered.

(3) from a school corporation.

(Indiana State Department of Health; Reg HCD 32,Sec 3; filed Aug 12, 1976, 10:09 a.m.: Rules and Regs. 1977, p. 218; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; filed Sep 29, 2009, 3:55 p.m.: 20091028-IR-410090040FRA)

SECTION 4. 410 IAC 1-1-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

410 IAC 1-1-4 School immunization reporting

Authority: IC 16-19-3-5; IC 20-34-4-6

Affected: IC 16-38-5; IC 20-34-4

Sec. 4. Reports of (a) This section concerns school immunization and Testing reporting requirements to the Indiana state Board department of health. All reports required to be made to the State Board of Health by school corporations shall be submitted on forms prescribed and provided by the Board for those purposes.

(b) Schools shall review and update all student immunization records annually.

(c) All schools are required to report immunization data to the department, in compliance with IC 20-34-4-6, electronically through the use of the immunization data registry, as established by IC 16-38-5, annually.

(Indiana State Department of Health; Reg HCD 32,Sec 4; filed Aug 12, 1976, 10:09 a.m.: Rules and Regs. 1977, p. 218; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; filed Sep 29, 2009, 3:55 p.m.: 20091028-IR-410090040FRA)

LSA Document #09-40(F)

Notice of Intent: 20090121-IR-410090040NIA

Proposed Rule: 20090805-IR-410090040PRA

Hearing Held: September 3, 2009

Approved by Attorney General: September 23, 2009

Approved by Governor: September 29, 2009

Filed with Publisher: September 29, 2009, 3:55 p.m.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None Received by Publisher

Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Joan Duwve, M.D., Division Director, Child and Family Health Services, Indiana State Department of Health, 2 North Meridian Street, 6th Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, [phone], [e-mail]

Posted: 10/28/2009 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20091028-IR-410090040FRA

Composed: Nov 01,2016 12:46:37AM EDT

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