Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 262 - POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL IMMUNIZATIONS RULE
- Section 144-262-1 - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
- Section 144-262-2 - IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED
- Section 144-262-3 - EXEMPTIONS
- Section 144-262-4 - EVIDENCE OF IMMUNIZATION OR IMMUNITY
- Section 144-262-5 - IMMUNIZATION DOSAGE
- Section 144-262-6 - EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL
- Section 144-262-7 - RECORDS AND RECORD-KEEPING
- Section 144-262-8 - REQUIRED REPORTS
Summary: This rule is established by the Department of Health and Human Services - Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) to implement immunization requirements for post-secondary students. Pursuant to 20-A MRS §6359(6), Chapter 262 is a routine technical rule as defined in 5 MRS §8071(2)(A), except for those provisions that specify the diseases for which immunization is required, which are major substantive as defined in 5 MRS §8071(2)(B). Nothing in this rule shall be construed to preclude the governing board of a public or private post-secondary school from adopting immunization requirements that are more stringent than the provisions set forth in this rule.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 20-A MRS §6359(6); 22 MRS §802
