Senate Bill sb0690

    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 690

    By Senator Peaden





    2-207-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to immunizations against

  3         communicable diseases; amending s. 1003.22,

  4         F.S.; requiring that children in certain

  5         counties be immunized for hepatitis A and

  6         encouraging their immunization in other

  7         counties; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 1003.22, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         1003.22  School-entry health examinations; immunization

14  against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of

15  Department of Health.--

16         (3)  The Department of Health may adopt rules necessary

17  to administer and enforce this section. The Department of

18  Health, after consultation with the Department of Education,

19  shall adopt rules governing the immunization of children

20  against, the testing for, and the control of preventable

21  communicable diseases. The rules must include procedures for

22  exempting a child from immunization requirements.

23  Immunizations shall be required for poliomyelitis, diphtheria,

24  rubeola, rubella, pertussis, mumps, tetanus, hepatitis A in

25  counties that have or have ever had an average annual rate of

26  hepatitis A of 20 per 100,000 residents, and other

27  communicable diseases as determined by rules of the Department

28  of Health. Immunizations for hepatitis A are encouraged in

29  counties that have or have ever had an average annual rate of

30  hepatitis A of 10 per 100,000 residents. The manner and

31  frequency of administration of the immunization or testing

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 690
    2-207-03




 1  shall conform to recognized standards of medical practice.

 2  The Department of Health shall supervise and secure the

 3  enforcement of the required immunization. Immunizations

 4  required by this section shall be available at no cost from

 5  the county health departments.

 6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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      for hepatitis A and encourages their immunization in
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