New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.2 - Statewide immunization registry

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
(1)
Statewide immunization
					 information system
shall mean the statewide (except New York City)
					 computerized database of immunizations developed and maintained by the New York
					 State Department of Health, known as the New York State Immunization
					 Information System ("NYSIIS" or "system").
(2)
Citywide immunization registry
					 (CIR)
shall mean the immunization information system maintained by the
					 New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, capable of collecting,
					 storing and disclosing the electronic and paper records of vaccinations
					 administered to persons less than 19 years of age and those persons 19 and
					 older with consent in accordance with the New York City Health Code. For the
					 purposes of this definition, the term
New York City Department of
					 Health
and
Mental Hygiene
shall mean such agency or
					 any successor agency responsible for the CIR.
(3)
Health care provider
for
					 the purposes of this section shall mean any person authorized by law to order
					 an immunization or any health care facility licensed under article 28 of the
					 Public Health Law or any certified home health agency established under section 3606  of the Public Health Law.
(4)
Designees
shall mean
					 individuals, acting under the authority of a health care provider or another
					 category of authorized user, who have been specifically delegated
					 responsibility to access NYSIIS or the CIR and perform the functions permitted
					 the primary authorized user.
(5)
Emancipated minors
shall mean those children less than 18
					 years of age who by virtue of a court decision declaring them emancipated, or
					 who because they are otherwise emancipated under the law, are able to make
					 their own decisions regarding health care services.
(6) Registrants shall mean all individuals
					 for whom an immunization or exemption to immunization or blood lead analysis is
					 recorded in the system, at any time following January 1, 2008 for NYSIIS and
					 January 1, 1994 for the CIR. Registrants also include individuals born in New
					 York State (outside of New York City) on or after January 1, 2004 for NYSIIS or
					 born in New York City on or after January 1, 1996 for the CIR.
(7)
School
, for the purposes
					 of this section, shall mean any agency or entity required by law or regulation
					 to verify immunization status for participants prior to or at selected times
					 during enrollment, including licensed day care facilities. Such verification is
					 an authorized delegation of public health authority for the purposes of
					 fulfilling this public health mandate related to verification of immunization
					 status.
(8) Authorized users of
					 NYSIIS and the CIR shall mean the following categories of users, who are
					 permitted access only to records of registrants falling within their
					 administrative or clinical responsibilities. An authorized user in a category
					 below may designate the ability to access the system to others where indicated.
(i) health care providers who order an
					 immunization, and their designees, including Regional Health Information
					 Organizations or other Health Information Technology entities as defined in 18
					 NYCRR section 504.9(h)(2);
(ii)
					 local health districts;
(iii)
					 commissioners of local social services districts and their designees;
(iv) the Commissioner of the Office of
					 Children and Family Services and his/her designees;
(v) schools;
(vi) third party payers;
(vii) WIC programs;
(viii) colleges;
(ix) professional and technical
					 schools;
(x) children's overnight
					 camps and summer day camps;
(xi)
					 registered professional nurses; and
(xii) pharmacists authorized to administer
					 immunizations pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one  of
					 the Education Law.