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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The College Student Immunization Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 3 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (110 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2603) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3. Exceptions. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to: (1) | ||||||
| 9 | persons enrolled in a post-secondary educational institution | ||||||
| 10 | on or before the effective date of this Act; (2) persons | ||||||
| 11 | enrolled less than half-time during a term or semester; or (3) | ||||||
| 12 | persons whose instruction solely involves research, field work | ||||||
| 13 | or study outside of a classroom environment. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) No proof of immunization shall be required if a | ||||||
| 15 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches | ||||||
| 16 | certifies that any immunization required by the Department is | ||||||
| 17 | medically contraindicated. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) No proof of immunization shall be required if the | ||||||
| 19 | person or his or her parent or guardian presents a signed | ||||||
| 20 | statement that he or she objects to immunizations on religious | ||||||
| 21 | grounds. | ||||||
| 22 | (d) The certificate of medical exemption or statement of | ||||||
| 23 | religious objection required by this Section shall be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to the post-secondary educational institution. | ||||||
| 2 | (e) Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, for a | ||||||
| 3 | tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccine (Tdap) requirement, | ||||||
| 4 | if a student who enrolls in a post-secondary educational | ||||||
| 5 | institution cannot provide the dates on which the student | ||||||
| 6 | received 3 or more doses of a diphtheria, tetanus, and | ||||||
| 7 | pertussis containing vaccine, then the student must provide at | ||||||
| 8 | least one date on which the student received a dose of the | ||||||
| 9 | vaccine not more than 10 years prior to the beginning of the | ||||||
| 10 | term of current enrollment. Additional doses of either a Tdap | ||||||
| 11 | vaccine or a tetanus and diphtheria vaccine shall be | ||||||
| 12 | administered in accordance with the Centers for Disease | ||||||
| 13 | Control and Prevention catch-up schedule, as needed, to | ||||||
| 14 | complete a series of at least 3 doses, including any prior | ||||||
| 15 | doses of any of the following: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) Tdap vaccine; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) tetanus and diphtheria vaccine; | ||||||
| 18 | (3) diphtheria and tetanus vaccine; and | ||||||
| 19 | (4) diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine. | ||||||
| 20 | (Source: P.A. 85-1315; 86-1406.) | ||||||
| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law. | ||||||