Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 2 - Communicable Diseases › Section 902 KAR 2:060 - Immunization schedules for attending child day care centers, certified family child care homes, other licensed facilities which care for children, preschool programs, and public and private primary and secondary schools

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				158.035,
				211.090,
				211.220,
				214.032-214.036
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050 requires the secretary for the
				Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations
				necessary to operate the programs and fulfill the responsibilities vested in
				the cabinet. KRS
				211.190(3) requires the
				secretary to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to regulate and
				control all matters set forth in
				KRS
				211.180.
				KRS
				214.034(1) requires the
				cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish immunization
				schedules. This administrative regulation establishes the mandatory
				immunization schedule for attendance at child day care centers, certified
				family child care homes, other licensed facilities which care for children,
				preschool programs, and public and private primary and secondary
				schools.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" or
			 "APRN" means a nurse designated to engage in advanced registered nursing as
			 defined in KRS
			 314.011.
(2) "Advisory Committee on Immunization
			 Practices" or "ACIP" means the United States Department of Health and Human
			 Services (HHS) Committee that makes national immunization recommendations to
			 the Secretary of the HHS, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director
			 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC.
(3) "Child" means a person less than eighteen
			 (18) years of age.
(4)
			 "Commonwealth of Kentucky Parent or Guardian's Declination on Religious Grounds
			 to Required Immunizations" means an original, written, sworn, and notarized
			 statement of a parent or guardian's objection to medical immunization against
			 disease of a child on religious grounds.
(5) "Dose" means a measured quantity of
			 vaccine, specified in the package insert provided by the
			 manufacturer.
(6) "DT" means
			 diphtheria and tetanus toxoids.
(7)
			 "DTaP" means diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis
			 vaccine.
(8) "DTP" means diphtheria
			 and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine.
(9) "Healthcare provider" means a person
			 licensed under KRS
			 311.530 to
			 311.620,
			 311.840 to
			 311.862, and a nurse designated
			 to engage in advanced practice registered nursing as defined in
			 KRS
			 314.011 and
			 314.042.
(10) "HepA" means hepatitis A
			 vaccine.
(11) "HepB" means
			 hepatitis B vaccine.
(12) "Hib"
			 means Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine.
(13) "IPV" means inactivated poliovirus
			 vaccine.
(14) "MenACWY" means
			 serogroups A, C, W, and Y meningococcal conjugate vaccine.
(15) "MMR" means measles, mumps, and rubella
			 virus vaccine.24)
(16) "OPV" means
			 trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine.
(17) "PCV" means pneumococcal conjugate
			 vaccine.
(18) "Pharmacist" means a
			 person licensed under
			 KRS
			 315.002 to
			 315.050.
(19) "Physician assistant" means a person
			 licensed under KRS
			 311.840 to
			 311.862.
(20) "Td" means tetanus and diphtheria
			 toxoids for adult use.
(21) "Tdap"
			 means tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis
			 vaccine.
(22) "Varicella" means
			 varicella vaccine.
(23) "Varicella
			 immunity (non-vaccine)" means:
(a) Diagnosis
			 of varicella disease by a healthcare provider;
(b) Verification of a history of varicella
			 disease by a healthcare provider;
(c) Diagnosis of herpes zoster by a
			 healthcare provider; or
(d)
			 Verification of a history of herpes zoster by a healthcare provider.