Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
158.035,
158.037,
211.090(3),
45
C.F.R. 164.512(b)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
211.180 requires the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services to implement a statewide program for the detection, prevention
and control of communicable diseases.
KRS
214.034 requires public or private primary or
secondary schools, day-care centers, certified family child-care homes, or any
other licensed facility which cares for children to maintain a current
immunization certificate on file for each child in attendance, unless exempted
by
KRS
214.036. This administrative regulation
establishes requirements for reporting immunization results in schools by the
public health immunization reporting entity and permits recording and exchange
of immunization data.
Section 1.
Definitions.
(1) "Public health immunization
reporting entity" means a:
(a) Health care
provider;
(b) Health
insurer;
(c) Public or private
kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school;
(d) Childcare facility;
(e) Preschool;
(f) Public or private postsecondary
educational institution; or
(g)
State or local health department.
(2) "Public health interest" means core
public health functions of:
(a)
Surveillance;
(b) Data
collection;
(c)
Vaccination;
(d) Vaccination
certification;
(e) Prevention of
communicable diseases for the protection of the public's health and safety;
and
(f) Outbreak
investigation.
Section
2. Immunization Reporting.
(1)
Kindergartens and public and private elementary and secondary schools shall
submit to the local health department in their area immunization results for:
(a) Kindergarten;
(b) Seventh grade;
(c) Eleventh grade; and
(d) Twelfth grade only for the first twelve
(12) months after the effective date of this administrative
regulation..
(2) The
annual survey shall include the number of:
(a)
Students in the grade surveyed;
(b)
Missing immunization records;
(c)
Religious exemptions declinations;
(d) Medical exemptions;
(e) Children who have received
age-appropriate immunizations; and
(f) Vaccine-specific exemptions.
(3) All immunization reporting for
the annual school survey shall be submitted using an electronic reporting
system provided by the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
Section 3. Immunization Data
Exchange.
(1) A public health immunization
reporting entity may record and exchange immunization data if the person
requesting the data provides health related or educational services on behalf
of the patient or has a public health interest in accordance with
45
C.F.R.
164.512(b)(i).
(2) Immunization data may be recorded and
exchanged electronically via an immunization registry.
(3) Immunization data that may be recorded
and exchanged may include:
(a) Patient's
name;
(b) Patient's
address;
(c) Date of
birth;
(d) Sex;
(e) Social Security number;
(f) Medicaid number;
(g) Birth state;
(h) Birth County;
(i) Mother's name;
(j) Mother's maiden name;
(k) Mother's date of birth;
(l) Mother's Social Security
number;
(m) Father's
name;
(n) Father's date of
birth;
(o) Father's Social Security
number;
(p) Guardian's
name;
(q) Date vaccines were
administered;
(r) Vaccine
type;
(s) Vaccine lot
number;
(t) Vaccine
manufacturer;
(u) Vaccine
contraindications or adverse reaction indications; and
(v) Vaccine-specific exemptions.
(4) This section shall apply to
immunization data regardless of when the immunizations occurred or the medium
used to collect and exchange the data.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
194A.050(1),
211.180(1)(a)
and (e),
214.034,
214.036
