Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R396 - Population Health
Rule R396-100 - Immunization Rule for Students
Section R396-100-4 - Official Utah School Immunization Record (USIR)
Current through Bulletin 2023-24, December 15, 2023
(1) Schools and early childhood programs shall use the official Utah School Immunization Record (USIR) form as the record of each student's immunizations. The Department shall provide copies or electronic copies of the USIR to schools, early childhood programs, physicians, and local health departments upon each of their requests.
(2) Each school or early childhood program shall accept any immunization record provided by a licensed physician, registered nurse, or public health official as certification of immunization. It shall transfer this information to the USIR with the following information:
(3) Each school and early childhood program shall maintain a file of the USIR for each student in all grades and an exemption form for each student claiming an exemption.
(4) A representative of the Department or the local health department may examine, audit, and verify immunization records maintained by any school or early childhood program.
(5) Schools and early childhood programs may meet the record keeping requirements of this section by keeping its official school immunization records in the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS).
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-03, effective 1/13/2020