Sec.19a-7h-3. Reporting of vaccination by health care providers

(a) Health care providers giving vaccinations in an outpatient setting shall report to the immunization registry information on each vaccination given to a child born on or after January 1, 1999 and who currently resides in Connecticut, or when appropriate, permanent exemptions from administration of each vaccine dose within 14 days of giving to or permanently exempting a child from any dose of vaccine. Health care providers shall make similar reports at the request of the immunization registry administrator on children enrolled in the immunization registry including those born before January 1, 1999. Reports shall be made in a written or an electronic format, approved by the commissioner. The reports shall include:

(1) the vaccinated or exempted child's name and date of birth and, if the report is made in electronic format, other unique identifiers approved by the commissioner;

(2) the name of each vaccination given or for permanent exemption, the name of each vaccine exempted and whether the exemption is for medical reasons, religious reasons, or because the child has laboratory confirmation of natural infection with the infecting agent against which the exempted vaccine would provide protection;

(3) the date the vaccine was administered or permanently exempted; and

(4) the name of the health care provider who ordered the dose be given or in the case of a permanent exemption, issued a medical exemption or provided evidence of laboratory confirmation of natural infection.

(b) In the case of a hospital neonatal care unit, the chief executive officer of the hospital shall designate a hospital employee to be responsible for reporting any vaccination given to a newborn child before the newborn child is discharged from the hospital inpatient setting. Reports shall be made within fourteen days of administering a vaccination. Where reports can be made through the Connecticut electronic birth registry system together with the birth registration information, vaccination may be reported through that system. Where that is not possible, reports shall be made in a written or an electronic format approved by the commissioner. A biweekly listing of births and vaccination status of each newborn child may be substituted for individual vaccination reports. The reports shall include:

(1) the vaccinated child's name, date of birth and hospital of birth;

(2) the biologic mother's name;

(3) the name of each vaccination given;

(4) the date the vaccine was administered.

(c) When requested by the immunization registry to provide immunization information on a named child, the current or former health care provider of any such child enrolled in the immunization registry shall provide to the immunization registry that child's immunization history and identifying information as required in subsection (a) of this section within fourteen days of such request.

(Adopted effective May 1, 2000)