Sec.19a-7h-2. Registration

(a) The administrator of the Connecticut electronic birth registry system shall report identifying and locating information and, to the extent the information is contained in it, any information on in-hospital newborn vaccination, non-household contact persons, and designated well child care provider, to the immunization registry on all children born on or after January 1, 1999 in Connecticut hospitals to residents of Connecticut.

The administrator of the Connecticut electronic birth registry system shall submit an electronic data file to the immunization registry administrator within 7 days of the information being received at the department. Identifying and locating information shall be:

(1) the infant's name, birthdate, hospital of birth, birth certificate number, birth document control number, and address, and, if available, social security number;

(2) the infant's mother's name, birthdate, and address; and

(3) the infant's father's name, birthdate and address.

(b) Health care providers who vaccinate or, when appropriate, provide an exemption from vaccination to any child who resides in Connecticut, was born out-of-state on or after January 1, 1999, and is not yet enrolled in the first grade, shall report registration information on that child to the immunization registry, on a form provided by the immunization registry, within fourteen days of providing the initial in-state vaccination or permanent vaccination exemption to that child. Registration information shall be,:

(1) the child's name, birthdate, state of birth, current address, telephone number, and, if available, social security number;

(2) the child's parent(s)'s or legal guardian(s)'s name(s), date(s) of birth, current address, telephone number; and

(3) the name, work address and work telephone number of the child's primary well child care provider.

(c) Any health care provider who vaccinates any child who resides in Connecticut and was born on or after October 1, 1994, may report any known change of identifying or locating information on that child each time a change becomes known to that health care provider.

(Adopted effective May 1, 2000)