NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 632

SENATE BILL 908

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE STATE IMMUNIZATION LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130-87 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 130-87.  Immunization required. — Every child residing in this State shall be immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, and red measles (rubeola) and, in addition, shall be immunized against smallpox upon a determination by the State Board of Health that such immunization is in the best interest of public health. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth the required immunizations, the child's age for administering each vaccine, and the adequately immunizing doses. Only those vaccine preparations may be used which meet the standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration or any agency succeeding to its responsibilities for licensing vaccines and are also approved for use by the State Board of Health."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 130-90 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 130-90.  School admittance. — Any parent, parents, guardian or person in loco parentis who has a child admitted to any public, private or parochial school in North Carolina shall, within 30 days of the first official day of the school year, present to the school authorities a certificate of immunization or some other acceptable medical evidence that the child has received the required immunizations. If a child is admitted to a public, private or parochial school in North Carolina after the first official day of the school year, the required immunizations must be completed within a 30-day period dating from the first day of admission to school. It shall be the duty of school authorities to inform the parent, parents, guardian or person in loco parentis of this requirement on or before the first official day of the school year or first day of admission. No teacher or principal shall permit a child to continue in school after expiration of this 30-day period unless the parent, parents, guardian or person in loco parentis responsible for such child presents evidence of immunization as described previously in this section."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1973.