SF 2174 (LSB 5542XS (3) 88)

SENATE FILE 2174

BY  GUTH

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to administration of vaccines in schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  280.16B  Administration of vaccines.
   1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
   a.  “Personnel authorized to administer vaccines” means a school nurse or other employee of a school district or accredited nonpublic school trained and authorized to administer vaccines.
   b.  “School nurse” means a person who holds an endorsement or a statement of professional recognition for school nurses issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 272.
   2.  The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall not permit the administration of vaccines to a student on the school premises or through a school-sponsored vaccination effort by personnel authorized to administer vaccines unless the student’s parent or guardian provides prior written authorization to the school for the administration of each vaccine administered. The student’s parent or guardian shall be provided with educational materials regarding the vaccine to help the parent or guardian make an informed decision. The educational materials shall include but are not limited to information regarding the vaccine’s safety and the possible side effects and adverse events related to the vaccine, and information regarding how to identify an adverse reaction and how to report an adverse reaction to the vaccine adverse event reporting system co-managed by the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services and the United States food and drug administration. 
   3.  The department of education, the board of medicine, the board of nursing, and the board of pharmacy shall, in consultation with an organization representing school nurses, adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that the board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall not permit the administration of vaccines to a student on the school premises or through a school-sponsored vaccination effort by personnel authorized to administer vaccines unless the student’s parent or guardian provides to the school prior written authorization for the administration of each vaccine administered. The bill requires that the parent or guardian be provided with educational materials regarding the vaccine to help the parent or guardian make an informed decision. The educational materials shall include but are not limited to information regarding the vaccine’s safety, possible side effects and adverse events related to the vaccine, and information regarding how to identify an adverse reaction and how to report an adverse reaction to the vaccine adverse event reporting system. The bill requires the department of education, the board of medicine, the board of nursing, and the board of pharmacy, in consultation with an organization representing school nurses, to adopt administrative rules to administer the bill.