NRS439.265. Immunization Information System: Establishment and administration; duty to report information concerning immunization administered to child; contents and form of report; parent or guardian to be provided information concerning System; parent or guardian may decline inclusion of information in System; disclosure of information; regulations.

      1.  The Department shall establish an Immunization Information System to collect information concerning the immunization of children in this State. The Immunization Information System must be administered by the State Board of Health.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who administers any immunization to a child which is recommended and approved by the United States Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or its successor organization, on or after July 1, 2009, shall report information concerning the child and the immunization provided to the child to the Department for inclusion in the Immunization Information System. The information reported must include, without limitation:

      (a) The immunization provided to the child;

      (b) The name of the child;

      (c) Demographic information concerning the child, including, without limitation, the age, gender and race of the child; and

      (d) Any other information required by regulation of the State Board of Health, taking into consideration applicable requirements for information relating to the immunization of children of:

             (1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and

             (2) Any other governmental entity.

      3.  A person who reports information pursuant to subsection 2 may also report information concerning the history of the immunizations of the child if known to the Department for inclusion in the Immunization Information System.

      4.  The State Board of Health shall establish the form for reporting information to the Department for inclusion in the Immunization Information System and the form which the person administering the immunization must provide to the parent or guardian of the child receiving the immunization. The form provided to the parent or guardian must inform the parent or guardian about the Immunization Information System and must allow the parent or guardian to decline inclusion of the information concerning his or her child in the System.

      5.  The information in the Immunization Information System may only be disclosed to any person who administers immunizations to a child to determine the immunization status of the child and to the persons or governmental entities authorized pursuant to the regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.

      6.  The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 1515)