Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CLVII - Bulletin 135-Health and Safety
Chapter 3 - Health
Section CLVII-303 - Immunizations
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Each student entering any school within the state for the first time, at the time of registration or entry, shall present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule approved by the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Office of Public Health (OPH) or shall present evidence of an immunization program in progress. Each person entering the sixth grade in any school within the state shall present satisfactory evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine preventable diseases according to a schedule approved by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health or shall present evidence of an immunization program in progress.
B. A student transferring from another LEA in or out of the state shall submit either a certificate of immunization or a letter from his personal physician or a public health clinic indicating immunizations against the diseases in the schedule approved by the Office of Public Health having been performed, or a statement that such immunizations are in progress.
C. If booster immunizations for the diseases enumerated in the schedule approved by the Office of Public Health are advised by that office, such booster immunizations shall be administered before the student enters a school system within the state.
D. School administrators shall be responsible for checking students' records to see that the provisions of this Section are enforced and electronically transmit immunization compliance reports to the OPH through the Louisiana Immunization Network for Kids Statewide (LINKS) when the school operates an existing student-specific electronic data system.
E. No student seeking to enter any school shall be required to comply with the provisions of this Section if the student or the student's parent or guardian submits either a written statement from a physician stating that the procedure is contraindicated for medical reasons, or a written dissent from the student or his parent or guardian is presented.
F. In the event of an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease at the location of a school, the principal is empowered, upon the recommendation of the OPH, to exclude from attendance unimmunized students until the appropriate disease incubation period has expired or the unimmunized person presents evidence of immunization.
G. Meningococcal Disease; Information; Immunization
H. Human Papillomavirus
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, 17:170, 17:170.2, and 17:170.4.