Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-704 - Standards for Documentary Proof of Immunization or Immunity

A. An administrator of a school or a child care administrator shall accept any of the following as documentary proof of immunization for a child:

1. A copy of a document recording the immunizations administered to the child that contains:

a. The child's name;

b. The child's date of birth;

c. The type of vaccine administered;

d. The month and year of each immunization, other than MMR, for a child who received an immunization before January 1, 2003;

e. The month, day, and year of MMR immunization for a child who received an immunization before January 1, 2003;

f. d. The month, day, and year of each immunization; and

g. e. The name of the individual administering the vaccine or the name of the entity that the individual administering the vaccine represents;

2. Laboratory evidence of immunity;

3.2. A document from an Arizona school or child care recording the child's immunizations, including a print-out from a school-based or child care-based vaccination information system, that contains, in a Department-provided format:

a. The child's name;

b. The child's date of birth;

c. The grade of the child on the date of enrollment;

d. Whether the child is male or female;

e.c. The type of vaccine administered;

f. The month and year of each immunization, other than MMR, for a child who received an immunization before January 1, 2003;

g. The month, day, and year of MMR immunization for a child who received an immunization before January 1, 2003; and

h. d. The month, day, and year of each immunization;

e. The name and address of the school or child care; and

f. The name and signature of the individual at the school or child care providing the document to the child's parent and the date signed;

4.3. A document from a school in another state recording the child's immunizations; or

5. An electronic version of the child's immunization record containing the information in subsection (A)(1)(a) through (f) generated by an immunization registry, and signed and dated by any of the following:

a. A local health officer,

b. A school administrator,

c. A child care administrator,

d. A WIC administrator,

e. An immunization registry administrator or immunization registry administrator's designee; or

f. A physician, physician's designee, practical nurse, or registered nurse;

6. An electronic version of the child's immunization record generated by a school, signed and dated by the school administrator or the school administrator's designee, and containing the information in subsection (A)(1)(a) through (f); or

7. A statement of immunity as described in subsection (B).

4. A printout from an immunization registry containing the information in subsections (A)(1)(a) through (e).

B. A physician, physician's designee, the physician's designee, practical nurse, or registered nurse may sign a statement of immunity stating that a child is immune to a disease, but shall not sign a statement of immunity to measles or rubella without obtaining sero-logic evidence of immunity.

B. An administrator of a school or a child care administrator shall accept a certification of medical exemption from immunization due to immunity, as specified in R9-6-706(D), as documentary proof of immunity for a child.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-6-704

Adopted effective January 28, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). Former Section R9-6-704 renumbered to Section R9-6-304, new Section R9-6-704 renumbered from R9-6-504 and amended effective October 19, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Former Section R9-6-704 renumbered to R9-6-705; new Section R9-6-704 renumbered from R9-6-703 and amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 4274, effective September 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 2283, effective June 7, 2005 (Supp. 05-2). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2682, effective 9/4/2018.