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
Universal Citation: 10 ME Code Rules ยง 144-262-1
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Purpose. This rule identifies certain preventable diseases for which immunization is required of all students attending public or private post-secondary schools in the State, unless exempt under Maine law; specifies the prescribed schedule for required immunizing agents; and defines the chief administrative officer's responsibilities, exclusion periods, record-keeping and reporting requirements for school officials, in accordance with 20-A MRS §6359.
B. Definitions. As used in this rule, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings:
1.
Certificate of
Immunization means a written statement from a physician, nurse or public
health official who has administered an immunizing agent to a student,
specifying the vaccine administered and the date it was administered.
2.
Chief administrative
officer means the person designated by the legal governing authority as
president, administrator or director of a public or private post-secondary
school.
3.
Disease
means diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, and tetanus.
4.
Distance learning program
means an educational course or course of study offered by a public or private
post-secondary school and delivered remotely, exclusively.
5.Immunizing agent means a
vaccine, toxoid, or other substance used to increase an individual's immunity
to a disease.
6.
Parent means a student's parent, legal guardian or custodian. A
person shall be regarded as a student's custodian, if that person is an adult
and has assumed legal charge and care of the student.
7.
Public health official means
the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or any
designated employee or agent of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
8.
Post-secondary
school means any public or private educational or training institution
that is not a public or private nursery, elementary or secondary school defined
in 20-A MRS §6353(7) and
22
MRS §8301-A(1-A)(D).
Post-secondary schools include schools that issue certificates or degrees,
after completion of requisite studies, apprenticeships, professional
certificate programs and trade certificate programs. Post-secondary schools
include, but are not limited to, colleges, universities, vocational-technical
colleges, institutes, schools for the health professions and trade
schools.
9.
School
means, for the purpose of this rule, any public or private post-secondary
school in the State.
10.
Student means any person entering school who was born after 1956
who attends school full time or who is otherwise a candidate for a degree or a
diploma or graduate certificate. Part time students who are degree candidates
are included under this definition.
11.
School health provider means
a physician, physician's assistant, registered nurse, or nurse practitioner,
licensed to practice by the State and appointed by the Chief Administrative
Officer to provide health care to the student population.
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