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1 1 SENATE FILE 2341
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO HEPATITIS TYPE B IMMUNIZATIONS OF CHILDREN
1 5 AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY PROVISION AND AN
1 6 EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 139.9, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
1 11 amended to read as follows:
1 12 2. a. A person shall not be enrolled in any licensed
1 13 child care center, elementary or secondary school in Iowa
1 14 without evidence of adequate immunization against diphtheria,
1 15 pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, rubeola, and rubella.
1 16 b. Evidence of adequate immunization against haemophilus
1 17 influenza b shall be required prior to enrollment in any
1 18 licensed child care center.
1 19 c. Evidence of hepatitis type B immunization shall be
1 20 required of a child born on or after July 1, 1994, prior to
1 21 enrollment in school in kindergarten or in any grade.
1 22 d. Immunizations shall be provided according to
1 23 recommendations provided by the Iowa department of public
1 24 health subject to the provisions of subsections 3 and 4.
1 25 Sec. 2. HEPATITIS TYPE B – PLAN. The Iowa department of
1 26 public health shall develop a plan for protecting Iowans
1 27 against hepatitis type B and requiring that minor children be
1 28 adequately immunized against hepatitis type B. The plan shall
1 29 incorporate the health and religious exemptions in section
1 30 139.9, subsections 3 and 4. The plan shall be submitted to
1 31 the governor and general assembly by October 1, 1998.
1 32 Sec. 3. RULES – APPLICABILITY. Section 1 of this Act,
1 33 requiring evidence of hepatitis type B immunization, shall
1 34 first be applicable to enrollments for the 1999-2000 school
1 35 year. The Iowa department of public health shall adopt rules
2 1 on or before October 1, 1998, to implement the provisions of
2 2 section 1 of this Act.
2 3 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 4 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 5
2 6
2 7
2 8 MARY E. KRAMER
2 9 President of the Senate
2 10
2 11
2 12
2 13 RON J. CORBETT
2 14 Speaker of the House
2 15
2 16 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
2 17 is known as Senate File 2341, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
2 18
2 19
2 20
2 21 MARY PAT GUNDERSON
2 22 Secretary of the Senate
2 23 Approved , 1998
2 24
2 25
2 26
2 27 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
2 28 Governor
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