Citations Affected: IC 20-12.
Synopsis: Meningococcal disease immunization. Provides that a
student or the student's guardian, before the student enrolls at a
residential campus at a public university, must receive information
concerning meningococcal disease from the university. States that a
student that is not a citizen or resident of the United States must, before
matriculating in a residential campus at a public university, provide the
university with: (1) medical documentation that the student has been
tested for tuberculosis; (2) the date the tuberculosis test was taken; and
(3) the results of the tuberculosis test.
Effective: October 1, 2002.
January 9, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
January 23, 2002, reported _ Do Pass.
January 28, 2002, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
January 31, 2002, read third time, passed. Yeas 92, nays 0.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
SECTION 1. IC 20-12-71-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2002]: Sec. 2. As used in this
chapter, "certificate of immunity" means a form that meets the
following requirements:
(1) Is acceptable to a postsecondary institution.
(2) Establishes the immunity of the certificate holder. and
(3) Consists of:
(A) a physician's certificate, if available;
(B) immunization records forwarded from another school or
postsecondary institution;
(C) a record maintained by the student or a parent of the
student showing the month and year during which each dose
of vaccine was administered;
(D) a form developed by the department which may be used by
postsecondary institutions to meet the requirements of this
chapter; or
(E) evidence of having met alternative criteria defined by rules
adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the department.
(4) Includes a line to be signed by the student or the student's
parent or guardian that indicates compliance with section
13.5(b) of this chapter.
SECTION 2. IC 20-12-71-11 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2002]: Sec. 11. (a) Except as
provided in section 15 of this chapter, a postsecondary institution may
not permit a student to matriculate in a residential campus of a
postsecondary institution unless the student provides the
documentation required by section 12 of this chapter for the following
diseases:
(1) Diphtheria.
(2) Tetanus.
(3) Measles.
(4) Mumps.
(5) Rubella.
(b) Each postsecondary institution shall notify each student before
the student's matriculation of the requirement following requirements:
(1) That the student must be immunized and that the
immunization is required for matriculation at the postsecondary
institution unless the student provides the documentation required
by section 12 of this chapter.
(2) That the student or the student's parent or guardian must
comply with section 13.5 of this chapter.
SECTION 3. IC 20-12-71-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2002]: Sec. 12. (a) Before
matriculating in a residential campus of a postsecondary institution,
each student shall provide the postsecondary institution with one (1) of
the following documents:
(1) A certificate of immunity.
(2) Documentation of exemption as described in sections 13, and
14 of this chapter.
(b) Before matriculating in a residential campus of a
postsecondary institution, a student that is not a citizen or resident
of the United States shall provide the postsecondary institution
with:
(1) medical documentation that the student has been tested for
tuberculosis;
(2) the date on which the tuberculosis test was taken; and
(3) the results of the tuberculosis test.
(c) If a student fails to comply with subsection (a) or subsection (b)
by the beginning of the student's second academic term, the
postsecondary institution shall prohibit the student from matriculating
in the campus of the postsecondary institution, where applicable, until
the requirements are met.
SECTION 4. IC 20-12-71-13.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2002]: Sec. 13.5. (a) A postsecondary
institution in which an individual intends to enroll shall provide
detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal
disease and the availability and effectiveness of vaccination to:
(1) the individual, if the individual is at least eighteen (18)
years of age; or
(2) the individual's parent or guardian, if the individual is less
than eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) A postsecondary institution described in subsection (a) must
receive a certificate of immunity:
(1) that is signed by:
(A) the individual, if the individual is at least eighteen (18)
years of age; or
(B) the individual's parent or guardian, if the individual is
less than eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) that states that the information provided under subsection
(a) has been reviewed by:
(A) the individual, if the individual is at least eighteen (18)
years of age; or
(B) the individual's parent or guardian, if the individual is
less than eighteen (18) years of age.