Minnesota Administrative Rules

4604.1000 NEW PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE REQUIREMENT.

Subpart 1.

Requirement for child care enrollees.

Beginning September 1, 2004, a child enrolled or enrolling in a child care facility in this state who is at least two months old and not yet two years old must submit documentation of receipt of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine consistent with medically acceptable standards or must submit an exemption statement according to Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.15, subdivision 3, paragraph (c) or (d). The documentation required by this subpart must be submitted to the administrator or other person having general control and supervision of the child care facility.

Subp. 2.

Documentation of vaccine.

Documentation of receipt of the pneumococcal vaccination under subpart 1 must:

A.

include a statement that the child received the pneumococcal vaccination consistent with medically accepted standards and must include the month, day, and year of the vaccination; and

B.

be signed by a provider or representative of a public clinic or, if the child is at least 15 months old, by a provider, a representative of a public clinic, or the child's parent or legal guardian.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 121A.15; 135A.14

History:

28 SR 396

Published Electronically:

October 7, 2003