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TITLE 18A. EDUCATION
SUBTITLE 8A. HIGHER EDUCATION;
PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 61D. RULES AND REGULATIONS
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-1 (2007)
18A:61D-1. Immunization record
1. Every public and independent institution
of higher education in this State shall, as a condition of admission
or continued enrollment, require every graduate and undergraduate
student who is 30 years of age or less and is enrolled full-time
or part-time in a program or course of study leading to an academic
degree, to submit to the institution a valid immunization record
which documents the administration of all required immunizations
against vaccine-preventable disease, or evidence of immunity from
these diseases, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the
Department of Health. The institution shall keep the records on
file in such form and manner as prescribed by the department.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-3 (2007)
§ 18A:61D-3. Conflict with religious
beliefs
A student who submits to the institution of
higher education a written statement that immunization conflicts
with his religious beliefs shall not be required to submit a list
of immunizations to the institution as a condition of admission
or continued enrollment.
N.J. Stat. §
18A:61D-4 (2007)
§ 18A:61D-4. Contraindication
A student who submits to the institution a written
statement that an immunization is medically contraindicated shall
submit a valid immunization record of other administered immunizations
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-9 (2007)
18A:61D-9. Hepatitis B vaccination required
for certain students at institutions of higher education
2.
a. Beginning with the 2008-09 school year,
a new student enrolling in a program leading to an academic degree
at a public or private institution of higher education in this
State, who registers for 12 or more credit hours of course study
per semester or term, shall be vaccinated for hepatitis B within
nine months of attendance as a condition of continued attendance
at that institution, except as provided in section 4 of this act.
b. A student shall present evidence of the vaccination required
pursuant to this section to the institution in a manner prescribed
by the institution.
c. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall require
each public or private institution of higher education in this
State to offer the vaccination required pursuant to this section
to its students through the institution's student health services
program or through a contractual agreement with a community health
care provider.
d. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall adopt
rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure
Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out the
purposes of subsections a., b. and c. of this section and sections
3 and 4 of this act.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-10 (2007)
§ 18A:61D-10. Exemption from vaccination
A student shall not be required to receive a
vaccination pursuant to section 2 or 3 of this act [C. 18A:61D-9
and 18A:40-21.1] based upon one of the following:
a. a written statement submitted to the secondary
school or institution of higher education, as applicable, by a
licensed physician indicating that the vaccine is medically contraindicated
for a specific period of time and the reasons for the medical
contraindication, based upon valid medical reasons as determined
by regulation of the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services,
which shall exempt the student from the vaccination for the stated
period of time; or
b. a written statement submitted to the secondary school or institution
of higher education, as applicable, by the student, or the student's
parent or guardian if the student is a minor, explaining how the
administration of the vaccine conflicts with the bona fide religious
tenets or practices of the student, or the parent or guardian,
as appropriate; except that a general philosophical or moral objection
to the vaccination shall not be sufficient for an exemption on
religious grounds.
N.J. Stat. §
18A:40-21.1 (2007)
§ 18A:40-21.1.
Hepatitis B vaccination required for public and private school students
in grades nine through twelve
The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services
shall require the immunization of a child for hepatitis B as a condition
of enrollment in grades nine through 12.
b. Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year,
a principal, director or other person in charge of a public or
private school in this State shall not knowingly admit or retain
in grades nine through 12 a child whose parent or guardian has
not submitted acceptable evidence of the child's immunization
for hepatitis B prior to or during enrollment in ninth grade,
as provided by regulation of the Commissioner of Health and Senior
Services.
c. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall adopt
rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure
Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out
the purposes of this section.
TITLE 26. HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
CHAPTER 1A. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -- REORGANIZED
N.J. Stat. § 26:1A-9.1 (2007)
§ 26:1A-9.1. Exemption for pupils
from mandatory immunization; interference with religious rights;
suspension.
Provisions in the State Sanitary Code in implementation
of this act shall provide for exemption for pupils from mandatory
immunization if the parent or guardian of the pupil objects thereto
in a written statement signed by the parent or guardian upon the
ground that the proposed immunization interferes with the free exercise
of the pupil's religious rights. This exemption may be suspended
by the State Commissioner of Health during the existence of an emergency
as determined by the State Commissioner of Health.
TITLE 26. HEALTH
AND VITAL STATISTICS
CHAPTER 2N. PERTUSSIS VACCINATION
N.J. Stat. § 26:2N-4 (2007)
§ 26:2N-4. Contraindication exemption
A child shall not be required to receive a pertussis
vaccine as a condition for admission to a public or private school
if the child's health care provider states in writing that the vaccine
is medically contraindicated pursuant to subsection b. (1) of section
2 of this act and the reasons for the medical contradictions.
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