Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 694 - COLLEGE IMMUNIZATION CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 694.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the College Student Immunization Act.
"Advanced practice nurse" means a person who is licensed as
				  an advanced practice nurse under the Nurse Practice Act.
"Certificate of immunity" means a form acceptable to a
				  post-secondary educational institution signed by a health care provider who has
				  administered an immunizing agent to a student (or has reviewed health records
				  evidencing such administration), specifying the vaccine administered and the
				  date of administration.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
				  Health
. (Section 1(a) of the Act)
"Designated recordkeeping office" means the office designated
				  by a post-secondary educational institution as responsible for maintaining
				  student immunization records. In institutions with health services, that office
				  shall be the designated office of record.
"Enroll" means the student is a bona fide member of the
				  post-secondary educational institution's student body receiving academic credit
				  for on-campus instruction.
"Health care provider" means a physician licensed to practice
				  medicine in all of its branches (M.D. or D.O.), advanced practice nurse,
				  physician assistant, pharmacist, local health authority, registered nurse
				  employed by a school, college or university, or a Department recognized vaccine
				  provider.
"Pharmacist" means a person who is licensed to practice
				  pharmacy under the Pharmacy Practice Act.
"Physician" means a physician licensed to practice medicine
				  in all of its branches (M.D. or D.O.).
"Physician assistant" means a person who is licensed as a
				  physician assistant under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
"Post-secondary educational institution" means a
				  public or private college or university offering degrees and instruction above
				  the high school level, and shall include, but not be limited
				  to,
Any and all private colleges and universities; the
				  University of Illinois; Southern Illinois University;
Chicago
				  State University; Eastern Illinois University; Governors State University;
				  Illinois State University; Northeastern Illinois University; Northern Illinois
				  University; Western Illinois University;
and any other public
				  university now or hereafter established or authorized by the General Assembly;
				  except that a post-secondary educational institution does not mean or include
				  any public college or university that does not provide on-campus housing for
				  its students in dormitories or equivalent facilities that are owned, operated,
				  and maintained by the public college or university
.
The term shall not include any public or private
				  junior or community college
(i.e., any public or private
				  degree-granting institution at which the highest degree offered is an associate
				  degree or an undergraduate certificate of two years or less), or any
				  post-secondary educational institution at which the highest award offered is a
				  diploma or certificate of two years or less,
or any institution
				  offering degrees and instruction which utilizes correspondence as its primary
				  mode of student instruction.
(Section 1(b) of the Act)
"Proof of immunity" means evidence of appropriate
				  immunization or laboratory evidence of immunity documented in writing by a
				  health care provider in accordance with the requirements of this Part.
				  Laboratory evidence applies to measles, mumps and rubella only. The content of
				  the immunization record form used by an institution shall include, as a
				  minimum, the basic elements listed in Appendix C.
"Student health record" means a record containing the
				  immunization status of a student relating to the vaccine-preventable diseases
				  covered by this Part. The content of the immunization record form used by an
				  institution shall include, as a minimum, the basic elements listed in Appendix
				  C.
"Summary report" means a form developed by the Department for
				  gathering statistical information on the number of students enrolled at a
				  post-secondary educational institution, the number with proof of immunity, the
				  number with medical or religious exemptions, and the number without proof of
				  immunity or such exemptions.
"Term" means any period of on-campus instruction offered by a
				  post-secondary educational institution. Students enrolling for the first time
				  during a special term of less than the traditional duration (Summer Session,
				  Interim, Intersession, etc.) may be permitted to enroll in an immediate
				  following term of traditional length before providing proof of immunity in
				  accordance with this Part.