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TITLE 44. HEALTH
CHAPTER 29. CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-29-180 (2006)
§ 44-29-180.
School pupils and day care center children to be vaccinated or immunized;
department to monitor immunization records of children in day care; exemptions
and exclusions.
(A) No superintendent of an institution of learning,
no school board or principal of a school, and no owner or operator of
a public or private child day care facility as defined in Section 20-7-2700
may admit as a pupil or enroll or retain a child or person who cannot
produce satisfactory evidence of having been vaccinated or immunized so
often as directed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Records of vaccinations or immunizations must be maintained by the institution,
school, or day care facility to which the child or person has been admitted.
(B) The Department of Health and Environmental Control
shall monitor the immunization status of each child who is enrolled or
retained in a licensed child day care facility or a registered church
or religious child day care facility. The monitoring of day care facilities
shall consist of a review of the immunization or vaccination records to
insure that required immunizations are complete as recommended and routinely
provided by the Department of Health and Environmental Control for all
infants and children.
(C) South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control Regulation 61-8, as amended, "Vaccination, Screening and
Immunization Regarding Contagious Diseases", and its exemptions apply
to this section.
(D) A South Carolina Certificate of Special Exemption
signed by the school principal, authorized representative, or day care
director may be issued to transfer students while awaiting arrival of
medical records from their former area of residence or to other students
who have been unable to secure immunizations or documentation of immunizations
already received. A South Carolina Certificate of Special Exemption may
be issued only once and is valid for only thirty calendar days from date
of enrollment. At the expiration of this special exemption, the student
must present a valid South Carolina Certificate of Immunization, a valid
South Carolina Certificate of Medical Exemption, or a valid South Carolina
Certificate of Religious Exemption.
(E) Registered family day care homes are exempt from
requirements of this section.
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