GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 158

HOUSE BILL 370

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION FOR HEALTH SERVICES TO EXEMPT CHILDREN ALREADY ENROLLED IN SCHOOL FROM NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-152 is amended by adding a new subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e)      When the Commission requires immunization against a disease not listed in paragraph (a) of this section, or requires an additional dose of a vaccine, the Commission is authorized to exempt from the new requirement children who are or who have been enrolled in school (k-12) on or before the effective date of the new requirement."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of May, 1985.