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Jul 15, 2020 | referred to health |
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Fred Thiele
Chris Tague
Jake Ashby
A10813 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10813 I N A S S E M B L Y July 15, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Santabar- bara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a standardized form for medical exemption from required immunizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 2164 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 8. If any physician, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT licensed to practice medicine in this state [certifies] COMPLETES THE REQUIRED EXEMPTION FORM STATING that such immunization may be detri- mental to a child's health, the requirements of this section shall be inapplicable until such immunization is found no longer to be detri- mental to the child's health BY THE CHILD'S PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITION- ER OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT. THE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY, BOARD OR COMMISSION MAY NOT REQUIRE ANY OTHER CONDITION OR REQUIREMENT FOR THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION TO IMMUNIZATION OR IMMUNIZATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION FOR SCHOOL ADMISSION. § 2. Subdivision 8-a of section 2164 of the public health law is renumbered subdivision 8-b and a new subdivision 8-a is added to read as follows: 8-A. ANY PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT WHO BELIEVES THAT SUCH IMMUNIZATION MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHILD'S HEALTH MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FORM AND FILE IT WITH THE CHILD'S SCHOOL: MEDICAL EXEMPTION FORM (A) NAME(S) OF PARENT, PARENTS OR GUARDIAN: (B) NAME OF CHILD: (C) CHILD'S BIRTHDATE: (D) CHILD'S HOME ADDRESS: (E) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT IMMUNIZATION AGAINST (POLIOMYELITIS, MUMPS, MEASLES, DIPTHERIA, RUBELLA, VARICELLA, HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (HIB), PERTUSSIS, TETANUS, PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE, INFLUENZA, MENINGOCOC- CAL DISEASE AND HEPATITIS B) MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHILD'S HEALTH. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets