Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-3-304 - Enrolled Child Immunization Requirements
A. A certificate holder shall not permit an
enrolled child to receive child care services at a child care group home until
the child care group home receives:
1. An
immunization record for the enrolled child with the information required in 9
A.A.C. 6, Article 7, stating that the enrolled child has received all current,
age-appropriate immunizations required under 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7, that is:
a. Provided by a physician, physician
assistant, registered nurse practitioner, or another individual authorized by
state law to administer immunizations; or
b. Generated from the Arizona State
Immunization Information System, which is the Department's child immunization
reporting system established in A.R.S. §
36-135;
or
2. An exemption
affidavit for the enrolled child provided by the enrolled child's parent that
contains:
a. A statement, signed by the
enrolled child's physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse
practitioner, that the immunizations required by 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7 would
endanger the enrolled child's health or medical condition; or
b. A statement, signed by the enrolled
child's parent, that the enrolled child is being raised in a religion whose
teachings are in opposition to immunization.
B. A certificate holder shall ensure that a
staff member attaches an enrolled child's written immunization record or
exemption affidavit, required in subsection (A), to the enrolled child's
Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card, required in
R9-3-303(B).
C. A certificate holder shall ensure that a
staff member updates an enrolled child's written immunization record required
in subsection (A)(1)(a) each time the enrolled child's parent provides the
child care group home with a written statement from the enrolled child's
physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner that the
enrolled child has received an age-appropriate immunization required by 9
A.A.C. 6, Article 7.
D. If an
enrolled child's immunization record indicates that the enrolled child has not
received an age-appropriate immunization required by 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7, a
certificate holder shall ensure that a staff member:
1. Notifies the enrolled child's parent in
writing that the enrolled child may attend the child care group home for not
more than 15 calendar days after the date of the notification unless the
enrolled child's parent complies with the immunization requirements in 9 A.A.C.
6, Article 7; and
2. Documents on
the enrolled child's Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card the
date on which the enrolled child's parent is notified of an immunization
required by the Department.
E. For an outbreak of a disease listed in
A.A.C.
R9-6-702
at a child care group home, a certificate holder shall:
1. Not allow an enrolled child to attend the
child care group home between the start and end of the outbreak if the enrolled
child lacks documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to the
disease that complies with A.A.C.
R9-6-704,
and
2. Permit the enrolled child to
attend the child care group home if a parent of the enrolled child provides any
of the documents in A.A.C.
R9-6-704
for the enrolled child.
Notes
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