New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 300 - DISEASES
Part He-P 301 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Section He-P 301.15 - Procedures for Record Keeping

(a) Every public or non-public primary and secondary school, pre-school, and child care agency shall maintain an immunization record for children enrolled at their public or non-public school, pre-school, or child care agency. This record shall include the date of each immunization and shall be separated from the child's other medical records and educational records for the purpose of immunization record audit.

(b) Each admitting official or his or her designee of all public and non-public primary and secondary schools, pre-school, and child care agencies shall review the immunization records of every newly admitted or enrolled child at their public or non-public school or child care agency.

(c) All record reviews shall determine into which one of the following categories to place each child:

(d) Each admitting official or his or her designee shall report the results of this record review to the commissioner by November 15 of each year.

(e) If the admitting official finds during the record review that the child's immunizations are insufficiently documented or unacceptable, he or she shall notify the child's parent or guardian stating:

(f) During the conditional enrollment period, the admitting official or his or her designee shall monitor the records of any conditionally enrolled child to ensure that the conditionally enrolled child receives the vaccinations necessary in order to make the child acceptably immunized. The conditional enrollment period shall allow for the routine immunization schedule to be followed, observing appropriate intervals between doses of vaccine(s), and shall not allow for extension into the following school year for the same dose of vaccine.

(g) The admitting official of a school, pre-school, or child care agency shall, at the end of the conditional enrollment period, exclude from attendance any conditionally enrolled child who does not have documentary proof of acceptable immunization or immunity as required in these rules and who has not been exempted under RSA 141-C:20-c.

(h) The admitting official shall readmit or re-enroll the child exempted as described in (g) above only when the parent or guardian provides:

(i) When a transfer of immunization records is necessary, the admitting official of the child's previous school shall provide to the parent or guardian the child's immunization record or a copy thereof to present to the admitting official at the new school on arrival.

(j) Admitting officials or their designees shall furnish immunization records or copies thereof to each parent or guardian of a child upon his graduation or final attendance at a secondary school.