2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 18 - Health
Chapter 21 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter 4: IMMUNIZATION
§ 1124 Access to and reporting of immunization records
§ 1124. Access to and reporting of immunization records
(a) In addition to any data collected in accordance with the requirements of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Vermont department of health shall annually collect from schools the immunization rates for at least those students in the first and eighth grades for each required vaccine. The data collected by the department shall include the number of medical, philosophical, and religious exemptions filed for each required vaccine and the number of students with a provisional admittance.
(b) Appropriate health personnel, including school nurses, shall have access to immunization records of anyone enrolled in Vermont schools or child care facilities, when access is required in the performance of official duties related to the immunizations required by this subchapter. Access to student immunization records shall only be provided with the prior written consent of parents and students as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted thereunder. (Added 1979, No. 40; amended 1981, No. 18, § 4; 2007, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2011, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
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