Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part III - Prevention of Diseases › Chapter 23 - SCHOOL HEALTH › Subchapter C - IMMUNIZATION › Section 23.82 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Ascertain
-To determine whether or not a
					 child is immunized as defined in this subchapter.
Attendance at school
-
(i) The attendance at a grade, or special
				  classes, kindergarten through 12th grade, including public, private, parochial,
				  vocational, intermediate unit and home education students, and students of
				  cyber and charter schools.
(ii) The
				  term does not cover the attendance of children at a childcare group setting,
				  defined in §
										27.1 (relating to definitions),
				  located in a public, private or vocational school, or in an intermediate
				  unit.
Certificate of immunization
-The official
					 form furnished by the Department. The certificate is filled out by the parent
					 or health care provider and signed by the health care provider, public health
					 official or school nurse or a designee. The certificate is given to the school
					 as proof of full immunization. The school maintains the certificate as the
					 official school immunization record or stores the details of the record in a
					 computer database.
Department
-The Department of Health of the
					 Commonwealth.
Full immunization
-The completion of the
					 requisite number of dosages of the specific antigens at recommended time and
					 age intervals as set forth in §
										23.83 (relating to immunization
					 requirements).
Immunization
-The requisite number of
					 dosages of the specific antigens at the recommended time intervals under this
					 subchapter.
Medical certificate
-The official form
					 furnished by the Department setting out the immunization plan for a student who
					 is not fully immunized, filled out and signed by a physician, certified
					 registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant, or by a public health
					 official when the immunization is provided by the Department or a local health
					 department, and given to a school as proof that the student is scheduled to
					 complete the required immunizations.
Record of immunization
-A written document
					 showing the date of immunization-that is, baby book, Health Passport, family
					 Bible, other states' official immunization documents, International Health
					 Certificate, immigration records, physician record, school health records and
					 other similar documents or history.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Department.
The provisions of this §
												23.82 amended under section 1303
						of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P.S. §
													13-1303); section 16(a)(6) and (b) of the
						Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 (35 P.S. §
													521.16(a)(6) and (b)); and
						sections 2102(g) and 2111 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S.
						§§
													532(g) and
						541).
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
												405.49 (relating to
						immunizations); and 28 Pa. Code §
												27.77 (relating to immunization
						requirements for children in child care group
						settings).