House
File
547
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
547
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
169)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
required
reporting
of
the
administration
1
of
vaccines
and
immunizations
to
the
statewide
immunization
2
registry,
and
providing
for
licensee
discipline.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
147.163
Administration
of
vaccines
1
and
immunizations
——
required
reporting
to
statewide
immunization
2
registry
——
licensee
discipline.
3
1.
A
health
professional
required
to
be
licensed
under
4
this
chapter
who
is
authorized
to
administer
a
vaccination
5
or
immunization
shall
become
an
enrolled
user
and
report
the
6
administration
of
vaccines
and
immunizations
to
the
statewide
7
immunization
registry.
8
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
9
a.
“Enrolled
user
”
means
a
user
of
the
registry
who
has
10
completed
an
enrollment
form
that
specifies
the
conditions
11
under
which
the
registry
can
be
accessed
and
who
has
been
12
issued
an
identification
code
and
password
by
the
department.
13
b.
“Statewide
immunization
registry”
or
“registry”
means
14
the
database
and
file
server
maintained
by
the
department
as
15
well
as
the
software
application
that
allows
enrolled
users
to
16
exchange
immunization
or
health
screening
records.
17
3.
A
health
professional
who
violates
this
section
is
18
subject
to
licensee
discipline
pursuant
to
section
147.55.
19
Sec.
2.
CODE
EDITOR
DIRECTIVE.
The
Code
editor
may
20
designate
section
147.163,
as
enacted
in
this
Act,
as
a
new
21
subchapter
within
chapter
147,
entitled
“REQUIRED
REPORTING
OF
22
ADMINISTRATION
OF
VACCINES
AND
IMMUNIZATIONS”.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
requires
a
licensed
health
professional
who
27
is
authorized
to
administer
a
vaccination
or
immunization
28
to
enroll
in
and
report
the
administration
of
vaccines
and
29
immunizations
to
the
statewide
immunization
registry.
The
bill
30
provides
definitions
for
the
purposes
of
the
bill.
A
health
31
professional
who
willfully
or
repeatedly
violates
the
bill
is
32
subject
to
licensee
discipline
by
the
board
for
that
profession
33
pursuant
to
Code
section
147.55.
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