Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-6-2 - EXCHANGE OF IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION AND OPERATION OF THE ALABAMA IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY › Section 420-6-2-.05 - Importation And Modification Of Data In The Immunization Registry

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Information in
			 the immunization registry may be obtained from health care provider clinic
			 records, billing data and information from health care insurers and the Alabama
			 Medicaid Agency, department clinic records, and vital records. The department
			 may establish memoranda of understanding with health care insurers, managed
			 care organizations or similar entities, and the Alabama Medicaid Agency to
			 establish procedures to permit the electronic importation of new or revised
			 immunization information to which they are privileged.
(2) Information from and related to birth
			 certificates for births that occurred in Alabama on or after January 1, 1993,
			 shall be provided by the Center for Health Statistics for inclusion in the
			 immunization registry. Unless specifically prohibited by law, immunization
			 registry information derived from birth certificates shall include child's
			 name, date of birth, place of birth, sex, race, social security number, and
			 plurality; mother's name including maiden name, date of birth, social security
			 number, and address; and father's name, date of birth, and social security
			 number. The birth certificate number shall not be included in the immunization
			 registry, but an identification number that can be linked to the birth
			 certificate shall be maintained in the registry. Changes made on birth
			 certificates or to related information involving data items included in the
			 immunization registry shall be forwarded by the Center for Health Statistics to
			 the immunization registry to replace the original information from birth
			 certificates. Any original birth certificate information or related data in the
			 registry shall be replaced by the changed information. No record shall be kept
			 in the immunization registry of the original information from the birth
			 certificate, if that information has been changed on the birth certificate
			 under Section
			 22-9A-12. Information originating
			 from or related to birth certificates contained in the immunization registry
			 shall become immunization registry data subject to the laws and rules governing
			 the immunization registry. Other information from or related to birth
			 certificates not included in the immunization registry may be used to assess
			 immunization levels or to promote proper immunization of individuals identified
			 in the registry, but that information shall not become part of the immunization
			 registry. The Center for Health Statistics shall also report to the
			 immunization registry those individuals born on or after January 1, 1993, who
			 have died in Alabama, and the fact of death shall be recorded in the
			 immunization registry.
(3)
			 Immunization data can only be modified by the health care provider who
			 administered that dose(s). Immunization data users are encouraged to submit
			 revised identifying and locating data as they are learned. The department will
			 establish procedures whereby data in the immunization registry can be changed.
			 Changes must be based on documents in the possession of the health care
			 provider. The department will have the right to validate changes made to
			 records. All changes to immunization records will be electronically archived
			 and indicate the date and the health care provider submitting the changes.
Author:
Charles H. Woernle, M.D.,
				M.P.H.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										22-11B-1,
et
				  seq
.; 22-2-2.