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TITLE 16. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 30. IMMUNIZATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Code of Alabama § 16-30-1 ( 2006)
§ 16-30-1. Designation of diseases
The State Health Officer is authorized, subject
to the approval of the State Board of Health, to designate diseases
against which children must be immunized or for which they must
be tested prior to, or, in certain instances after entry into the
schools of Alabama.
Code of Alabama § 16-30-2 ( 2006)
§ 16-30-2. Parental responsibility
It shall be the responsibility of the parents
or guardians of children to have their children immunized or tested
as required by Section 16-30-1.
Code of Alabama
§ 16-30-3 (2006)
§ 16-30-3. Exemptions
The provisions of this chapter shall
not apply if:
(1) In the absence of an epidemic or immediate
threat thereof, the parent or guardian of the child shall object
thereto in writing on grounds that such immunization or testing
conflicts with his religious tenets and practices; or
(2) Certification by a competent medical authority
providing individual exemption from the required immunization or
testing is presented the admissions officer of the school.
Code of Alabama
§ 16-30-4 (2006)
§ 16-30-4. Certificate of immunization
The boards of education and the governing authority
of each private school shall require each pupil who is otherwise
entitled to admittance to kindergarten or first grade, whichever
is applicable, or any other entrance into an Alabama public or private
school, to present a certification of immunization or testing for
the prevention of those communicable diseases designated by the
State Health Officer, except as provided in Section 16-30-3. Provided,
however, that any student presently enrolled in a school in this
state, not having been immunized upon initial entrance to school,
is hereby required to present a certification of immunization as
described in this section upon commencement of the next school year.
Section 16-30-1 and this section shall apply only to kindergarten
through 12th grade and not to the institutions of higher learning.
Code of Alabama § 16-30-5 (2006)
§ 16-30-5. Rules and regulations
The State Health Officer shall promulgate rules
and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH;
DIVISION OF DISEASE CONTROL
Alabama Admin. Code r. 420-6-1-.01 ( 2006)
420-6-1-.01 Authority.
This regulation is promulgated by the State
Health Officer and approved by the State Board of Health on October
17, 1979, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 16-30-5.
Alabama Admin. Code r. 420-6-1-.02 ( 2006)
420-6-1-.02 General Provisions.
(1) The board of education and the governing
authority of each private school shall require each pupil, prior
to entering kindergarten or first grade or prior to re-entering
the higher grades of the schools of Alabama, to present a certificate
of immunization for the prevention of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis,
poliomyelitis, measles, rubella and mumps (Code of Ala. 1975, §
16-30-4). Pupils who have passed their seventh birthday are exempt
from a requirement for pertussis immunization.
(2) Such certificate shall be on the form approved
by the Alabama Department of Public Health and shall be made a part
of the pupil's school record. When a student leaves a school upon
graduation, transfer, relocation or otherwise; the school may return
the original certificate to the student's parents/guardians and
retain a legible copy in the school record.
(3) A written objection from the parent or guardian
of a student based on religious tenets and practices shall be submitted
in person by the parent or guardian to the County Health Department
for issuance of a Certificate of Religious Exemption from the required
immunizations or testing. A licensed physician can provide individual
exemption from the required immunizations or testing on a Certificate
of Medical Exemption. The Certificate of Religious Exemption and
the Certificate of Medical Exemption will be on forms approved by
the Alabama Department of Public Health and will be accepted in
lieu of the Certificate of Immunization.
Alabama Admin. Code r. 420-6-1-.03 ( 2006)
420-6-1-.03 Immunization Schedule.
(1) Except as provided in Rule 420-6-1-.02 and
Code of Ala. 1975, § 16-30-5, each pupil, prior to entering
Alabama school grade kindergarten through twelfth grade shall receive
age appropriate immunizations as below:
(a) at a minimum, four (4) doses of diphtheria,
tetanus and pertussis vaccination. The last dose must be administered
after the child's fourth birthday. Booster doses of tetanus-diptheria
toxoid vaccine must be given 5-10 years after the preschool booster.
(b) 4 doses of polio vaccine, separated by at least 28 days. Only
3 doses are needed if the 3rd dose was administered after the
4th birthday.
(c) immunization against mumps and rubella. This dose shall be
administered at 12 months of age or later.
(d) two (2) doses of measles-containing vaccine. The first dose
shall be administered at 12 months of age or later and the second
dose shall be administered at least 28 days later.
(e) varicella vaccine subject to the following schedule unless
there is documentation of a positive varicella titer or a date
of varicella disease. This requirement is effective for students
entering kindergarten beginning fall of 2001 and will escalate
by one successive grade each year for the following 12 years to
include all grades, kindergarten through twelfth, beginning fall
of 2013:
(i) one dose of varicella vaccine at 12 months
of age or older for persons less than 13 years of age;
(ii) two doses of varicella vaccine separated by at least 28
days for persons 13 years of age or older beginning the vaccination
series.
(2) Vaccine doses administered < 4 days before
the minimum interval or age should be counted as valid. Doses administered
> 5 days earlier than the minimum interval or age should not
be counted as valid doses and should be repeated as age appropriate.
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DAY CARE CENTERS AND
NIGHTTIME CENTERS:
REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
Prescribed by: State of Alabama
Department of Human Resources
4(b)(3) Immunizations
(a) On the child's first day of attendance, each
child from two (2) months of age to lawful school age and each child
of lawful school age who is not enrolled in public or private school
kindergarten shall have a valid State of Alabama Certificate of
Immunization (ADPH-F-IMM- 50), on file in the center, unless one
of the following is on file in the center:
A valid State of Alabama Certificate of Medical
Exemption (ADPH-F-IMM-50); OR
A valid Alabama Certificate of Religious Exemption (ADPH-F-IMM-52).
(b) Each child's Certificate of Immunization
shall be updated according to the expiration date indicated on the
certificate.
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