- (1) Purpose and authority. This rule implements s. 252.04, Stats., which requires the department to carry out a statewide immunization program to eliminate, immunize, and protect against certain diseases specified in statute or by department rule. This chapter addresses immunization requirements for vaccine-preventable diseases, by students admitted into schools or children admitted into child care settings.
- (2) Relationship to infant and preschool immunization schedules. The emphasis placed in this chapter on meeting minimum immunization requirements upon entry to Wisconsin schools at any grade level or to a child care center complements efforts by the department to promote early immunization of infants and preschoolers according to accepted immunization schedules.
History
History: Cr. Register, June, 1981, No. 306, eff. 7-1-81; am. (1), Register, June, 1988, No. 390, eff. 7-1-88; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, August, 1995, No. 476; am. (1), Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97; am. (1), Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01; CR 07-077: am. (1) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 19-079: r. and recr. (1), am. (2) Register January 2023 No. 805, eff. 2-1-23.