of the School Immunization Law (20-A M.R.S. §§ 6352-6359). It prescribes the dosage for required immunizations and defines record-keeping and reporting requirements for school officials. NOTICE The Maine Legislature has designated proposed changes relating to diseases for which immunization is required to be major substantive, per 20-A M.R.S. §6358(1). These changes add meningococcal meningitis to the diseases for which immunization is required, and are therefore major substantive. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS Page 1 SECTION 2. IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED Page 1 SECTION 3. EXCEPTIONS Page 1 SECTION 4. CERTIFICATE OF IMMUNIZATION; EVIDENCE OF IMMUNITY Page 3 SECTION 5. IMMUNIZATION DOSAGE Page 3 SECTION 6. EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL Page 4 SECTION 7. RECORDS AND RECORD KEEPING Page 5 SECTION 8. REQUIRED REPORTS Page 6 STATUTORY AUTHORITY Page 7 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS The definitions in this rule are those adopted in the School Immunization Law and include the following: means a written statement from a physician, nurse or public health Certificate of Immunization official who has administered an immunizing agent to a child, specifying that the required dosage was administered and the month, day and year in which it was administered. means any child who enters a school for the first time Children Entering School / School Enterers via kindergarten enrollment, transfers from one school to another, or otherwise enrolls in a school for the first time. Disease means diphtheria, varicella (chickenpox), measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, meningococcal meningitis and tetanus.
of the School Immunization Law (20-A M.R.S. §§ 6352-6359). It prescribes the dosage for required immunizations and defines record-keeping and reporting requirements for school officials. NOTICE The Maine Legislature has designated proposed changes relating to diseases for which immunization is required to be major substantive, per 20-A M.R.S. §6358(1). These changes add meningococcal meningitis to the diseases for which immunization is required, and are therefore major substantive. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS Page 1 SECTION 2. IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED Page 1 SECTION 3. EXCEPTIONS Page 1 SECTION 4. CERTIFICATE OF IMMUNIZATION; EVIDENCE OF IMMUNITY Page 3 SECTION 5. IMMUNIZATION DOSAGE Page 3 SECTION 6. EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL Page 4 SECTION 7. RECORDS AND RECORD KEEPING Page 5 SECTION 8. REQUIRED REPORTS Page 6 STATUTORY AUTHORITY Page 7 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS The definitions in this rule are those adopted in the School Immunization Law and include the following: Certificate of Immunization means a written statement from a physician, nurse or public health official who has administered an immunizing agent to a child, specifying that the required dosage was administered and the month, day and year in which it was administered. Children Entering School / School Enterers means any child who enters a school for the first time via kindergarten enrollment, transfers from one school to another, or otherwise enrolls in a school for the first time. Disease means diphtheria, varicella (chickenpox), measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, meningococcal meningitis and tetanus.
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