Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 97 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter D - STATEWIDE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN FACILITIES AND BY HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Section 97.101 - Statewide Immunization of Children by Hospitals, Physicians, and Other Health Care Providers

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code § 97.101

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) All private and public hospitals in Texas that provide health care to children shall:

(1) administer age-appropriate vaccines or refer newborns for immunizations to other health care providers at the time of the newborn screening test;

(2) review the immunization history of every child admitted to the hospital, examined in the hospital's emergency room, or outpatient clinic; and

(3) administer the needed vaccines or refer the child to another health care provider for immunizations.

(b) All physicians and other health care providers who provide health care to children in Texas shall:

(1) review the immunization history of every child examined; and

(2) administer vaccine(s) or refer every child who needs immunizations to another health care provider.

(c) Hospitals, all physicians, and other health care providers, who provide health care to children in Texas, must document in a newborn's or other child's hospital or medical record that the newborn or child has either received age-appropriate immunizations or has been referred for immunizations at the time of the newborn screening or upon a child's admission to the hospital, examination in a hospital emergency room or visit to an outpatient clinic. Hospitals, all physicians, and other health care providers who provide health care to children in Texas must document in a newborn's or other child's hospital or medical record that the:

(1) newborn's or other child's immunization history has been reviewed; and

(2) that the newborn or child has been age-appropriately immunized or that the newborn has been referred to another health care provider for immunizations.

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