Authority: IC 12-13-5-3; IC 12-17.2-3.5-15

Affected: IC 12-17.2-3.5

Sec. 17. (a) The provider shall maintain and annually update documentation provided by a health care professional for each child who is cared for in a facility indicating that the child has received complete age appropriate immunizations as determined by the state department of health including the following:

1. (1) Conjugated pneumococcal vaccine.
2. (2) Varicella vaccine or a demonstrated immunity to varicella.

(b) The provider's records must include the following:

1. (1) A current list of all children cared for at the facility.
2. (2) The child's date of birth.

3. (3) The month, day, and year of each immunization received or:

   1. (A) a written statement from the child's physician, updated annually, stating a medical reason the child should not be immunized; or
   2. (B) written documentation, updated annually, that the parent objects to immunizations for religious reasons.

(c) The documentation required by this section shall be made available to the verifying agency.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-18-17; filed Oct 14, 2004, 2:50 p.m.: 28 IR 954; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA)