Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 308
       
       
       
       By Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       32-00022B-09                                           2009308__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to childhood vaccinations; requiring
    3         that health care providers disclose information about
    4         childhood vaccinations to a minor's parent or legal
    5         guardian before vaccinating the minor; requiring the
    6         Department of Health to develop a standardized form;
    7         prohibiting a health care provider from administering
    8         a vaccination to a minor until after the minor's
    9         parent or guardian signs the form; requiring that the
   10         parent or legal guardian sign the form within a
   11         certain time; requiring certain health care providers
   12         to provide information about childhood vaccines to
   13         patients who are pregnant; requiring the department to
   14         create and maintain a website; providing an effective
   15         date.
   16         
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   18         
   19         Section 1. (1) Before vaccinating a minor, a health care
   20  provider who is licensed in this state and who, as a part of his
   21  or her scope of practice, administers childhood vaccinations
   22  shall consult with and disclose to the parent or legal guardian
   23  of the minor information about any childhood vaccinations that
   24  may be administered, including, but not limited to:
   25         (a) Information contained in the vaccine package insert
   26  which details the vaccine ingredients and contraindications.
   27         (b) Potential side effects of the vaccine.
   28         (c) The efficacy of the vaccine.
   29         (d) Risks associated with the disease that the vaccination
   30  is intended to prevent.
   31         (e) Options that are available with regard to the
   32  administration of the vaccination, including the timing or
   33  combination of multiple vaccinations.
   34         (2) The Department of Health shall develop and provide to
   35  each health care provider who is licensed in this state and who,
   36  as a part of his or her scope of practice, administers childhood
   37  vaccinations a standardized form indicating that the health care
   38  provider has fulfilled the requirements in subsection (1). The
   39  form shall be kept with the minor's permanent medical record.
   40  The health care provider may not vaccinate a minor until after
   41  the minor's parent or legal guardian signs the standardized
   42  form. The parent or legal guardian of a minor shall sign and
   43  date the standardized form:
   44         (a) Immediately after the consultation; or
   45         (b) At any time after the consultation when the parent or
   46  guardian believes that he or she is adequately informed about
   47  the vaccinations, but before the child is admitted to a licensed
   48  child care facility in this state or enrolled in prekindergarten
   49  through grade 12 of a public or private school in this state.
   50         (3) A health care provider who is licensed in this state
   51  and who, as a part of his or her scope of practice, renders
   52  prenatal care to pregnant women shall provide information about
   53  childhood vaccines to each patient who is in her 30th week of
   54  pregnancy.
   55         (4) The Department of Health shall create and maintain a
   56  website that contains information regarding each childhood
   57  vaccination and the standardized form described in subsection
   58  (2).
   59         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.