(1) The Public Health Division will make available to parents a no-cost Internet-based vaccine educational module that includes:
- (a) Information consistent with information published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
- (b) Information about the benefits and risks of each vaccine for which a parent is claiming a nonmedical exemption; and
- (c) Information about the epidemiology, prevention of disease through use of vaccination, and the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
- (2) A person may submit a vaccine educational module to the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division for approval. To obtain approval, the vaccine educational module must contain the substantive content of the Internet-based vaccine educational module made available by the Public Health Division. The Oregon Health Authority must review the module to determine whether it meets the criteria in these rules, including the requirement that the information in the module is consistent with information published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approval or disapproval shall be made in writing. If the module is disapproved the Oregon Health Authority must explain the reasons for disapproval.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 433.004 & ORS 433.273
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 433.001, ORS 433.004, ORS 433.006 & ORS 433.235 - 433.284
History
PH 11-2025, adopt filed 05/02/2025, effective 05/02/2025