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Sub. H. B. No. 463As Reported by the House Health Committee
As Reported by the House Health Committee

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
Sub. H. B. No. 463


REPRESENTATIVES Combs, Clancy, Young, Hollister, Collier, Flowers, Schneider, Schaffer, Wolpert, Hagan, Hughes, McGregor, Gibbs, Daniels, Walcher, Schmidt, Wilson, Jerse, Carano, Seaver, Harwood, Martin, Beatty, DeBose, S. Smith, Barrett



A BILL
To amend sections 3313.671 and 3701.13 and to enact section 3701.134 of the Revised Code to require students to be immunized against chicken pox subject to certain exceptions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3313.671 and 3701.13 be amended and section 3701.134 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3313.671.  (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B) of this section, no pupil, at the time of initial entry or at the beginning of each school year, to an elementary or high school for which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, shall be permitted to remain in school for more than fourteen days unless the pupil presents written evidence satisfactory to the person in charge of admission, that the pupil has been immunized by a method of immunization approved by the department of health pursuant to section 3701.13 of the Revised Code against mumps, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, rubeola, and rubella or is in the process of being so immunized. Also, except
(2) Except as provided in this division (B) of this section, no pupil who begins kindergarten at an elementary school subject to the state board of education's minimum standards during or after the school year beginning in 1999 shall be permitted to remain in school for more than fourteen days unless the pupil presents written evidence satisfactory to the person in charge of admission that the pupil has been immunized by a department of health-approved method of immunization against hepatitis B or is in the process of being so immunized against both of the following:
(a) During or after the school year beginning in 1999, hepatitis B;
(b) During or after the school year beginning in 2006, chicken pox. "In
(3) As used in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, "in the process of being so immunized" means the pupil has been immunized against mumps, rubeola and, rubella, and chicken pox, and if the pupil has not been immunized against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and hepatitis B, the pupil has received at least the first dose of the immunization sequence, and presents written evidence to the pupil's building principal or chief administrative officer of each subsequent dose required to obtain immunization at the intervals prescribed by the director of health. Any student previously admitted under the "in process of being so immunized" provision and who has not complied with the immunization intervals prescribed by the director of health shall be excluded from school on the fifteenth day of the following school year. Any student so excluded shall be readmitted upon showing evidence to the student's building principal or chief administrative officer of progress on the director of health's interval schedule.
(B)(1) A pupil who has had natural rubeola, and presents a signed statement from the pupil's parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against rubeola.
(2) A pupil who has had natural mumps, and presents a signed statement from the pupil's parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against mumps.
(3) A pupil who has had natural chicken pox, and presents a signed statement from the pupil's parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against chicken pox.
(4) A pupil who presents a written statement of the pupil's parent or guardian in which the parent or guardian objects declines to the immunization for good cause have the pupil immunized for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, is not required to be immunized.
(4)(5) A child whose physician certifies in writing that such immunization against any disease is medically contraindicated is not required to be immunized against that disease. This section does not limit or impair the right of a board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district to make and enforce rules to secure immunization against mumps, poliomyelitis, rubeola, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and hepatitis B of the pupils under its jurisdiction.
(B)(C) Boards of health, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees on application of the board of education of the district or proper authority of any school affected by this section, shall provide at the public expense, without delay, the means of immunization against mumps, poliomyelitis, rubeola, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and hepatitis B to pupils who are not so provided by their parents or guardians.
Sec. 3701.13.  The department of health shall have supervision of all matters relating to the preservation of the life and health of the people and have ultimate authority in matters of quarantine and isolation, which it may declare and enforce, when neither exists, and modify, relax, or abolish, when either has been established. It The department may approve means methods of immunization against mumps, poliomyelitis, rubeola, diphtheria, rubella (German measles), pertussis, tetanus, and hepatitis B the diseases specified in section 3313.671 of the Revised Code for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 3313.671 of the Revised Code that section and take such actions as are necessary to encourage vaccination against those diseases. It
The department may make special or standing orders or rules for preventing the use of fluoroscopes for nonmedical purposes which emit doses of radiation likely to be harmful to any person, for preventing the spread of contagious or infectious diseases, for governing the receipt and conveyance of remains of deceased persons, and for such other sanitary matters as are best controlled by a general rule. Whenever possible, the department shall work in cooperation with the health commissioner of a general or city health district. It may make and enforce orders in local matters when an emergency exists, or when the board of health of a general or city health district has neglected or refused to act with sufficient promptness or efficiency, or when such board has not been established as provided by sections 3709.02, 3709.03, 3709.05, 3709.06, 3709.11, 3709.12, and 3709.14 of the Revised Code. In such cases the necessary expense incurred shall be paid by the general health district or city for which the services are rendered.
The department may make evaluative studies of the nutritional status of Ohio residents, and of the food and nutrition-related programs operating within the state. Every agency of the state, at the request of the department, shall provide information and otherwise assist in the execution of such studies.
Sec. 3701.134.  To the extent appropriations made by the general assembly make this possible, the director of health shall provide, for the purpose of section 3313.671 of the Revised Code, the means of immunization against chicken pox to boards of health, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and boards of township trustees.
Section 2. That existing sections 3313.671 and 3701.13 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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