| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to vaccinations; requiring middle schools |
| 3 | to provide information regarding certain vaccinations |
| 4 | indicated for adolescents to the parent or guardian of a |
| 5 | student entering the 7th grade; requiring the Department |
| 6 | of Health to prescribe such information; providing an |
| 7 | 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. Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, each |
| 12 | private and public middle school in the state shall provide to |
| 13 | the parent or guardian of each public and private school student |
| 14 | entering grade 7 information on vaccinations indicated for |
| 15 | adolescents approved by the United States Food and Drug |
| 16 | Administration and recommended for inoculation by the Advisory |
| 17 | Committee on Immunization Practices as published by the Centers |
| 18 | for Disease Control and Prevention. The Department of Health |
| 19 | shall prescribe the information required to be provided to the |
| 20 | parent or guardian of the students for whom the vaccines are |
| 21 | approved and recommended. |
| 22 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |