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90_SB0411
410 ILCS 315/4 new
410 ILCS 315/5 new
Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Requires
the Department of Public Health to establish a statewide
childhood immunization registry. Requires health care
professionals who have direct or supervisory responsibility
for administering immunizations to register with the
Department their intent to administer immunizations to
persons under age 22 and to report the administration of such
immunizations; makes failure to register or report a petty
offense punishable by a fine of $25.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Communicable Disease Prevention Act
2 by adding Sections 4 and 5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is
6 amended by adding Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 315/4 new)
8 Sec. 4. Statewide childhood immunization registry.
9 (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish a
10 statewide childhood immunization registry. Immunization
11 records contained in the registry shall include the data
12 specified by the Department.
13 (b) The Department of Public Health shall make
14 information in the registry concerning the immunization
15 status of a child available to the parents or other legal
16 custodian of the child. The Department shall also make the
17 information available to health care professionals who have
18 direct or supervisory responsibility for the administration
19 of immunizations and who either report under Section 5 on the
20 immunization status of children in their care or need that
21 information in order to deliver appropriate care to a child.
22 (c) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules
23 necessary to implement this Section. The rules shall include
24 provisions for maintaining the confidentiality of medical
25 information.
26 (410 ILCS 315/5 new)
27 Sec. 5. Registration and reports by health care
28 providers; penalty.
29 (a) In this Section, "provider" means a health care
30 professional who has direct or supervisory responsibility for
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1 the administration of immunizations.
2 (b) Every provider shall register with the Department of
3 Public Health the provider's intent to administer childhood
4 immunizations to persons under 22 years of age. The
5 registration shall be done according to guidelines
6 established by the Department in rules.
7 (c) Every provider shall report to the Department of
8 Public Health the administration of any childhood
9 immunization to a person under 22 years of age.
10 (d) A provider who administers a childhood immunization
11 to a person under 22 years of age and who (i) fails to
12 register with the Department of Public Health as required
13 under subsection (b), (ii) fails to report the immunization
14 as required under subsection (c), or (iii) both fails to
15 register with the Department as required under subsection (b)
16 and fails to report the immunization as required under
17 subsection (c) commits a petty offense and upon conviction of
18 the offense shall be fined $25.
19 (e) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules
20 necessary to implement this Section.
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