§ 16-38-5-2 — Provision of data; exemptions; forms; information on registry

Indiana § 16-38-5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 38: HEALTH REGISTRIES
• Ch. 5: Immunization Data Registry

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a
provider, a physician's designee, a pharmacist's designee, or a person
approved by the state department may provide immunization data to the
immunization data registry in a manner prescribed by the state
department and for the purposes allowed under this chapter.
(b) This subsection takes effect July 1, 2015. Except as provided in
subsections (c) and (e), a provider who is licensed under IC 25 and who
is authorized within the provider's scope of practice to administer
immunizations or the provider's designee shall electronically provide
immunization data to the immunization data registry for all
immunizations administered to individuals who are less than nineteen
(19) years of age:
(1) not later than seven (7) business days after providing the
immunization;
(2) in a manner prescribed by the state department, after
reasonable notice; and
(3) for the purposes allowed under this chapter.
(c) A person is exempt from providing immunization data to the
immunization data registry if:
(1) the patient or the patient's parent or guardian, if the patient is
less than eighteen (18) years of age, has completed and filed a
written immunization data exemption form with either the person
who provides the immunization or the state department; or
(2) the patient is a resident of or is receiving services from a
facility licensed under IC 16-28.
(d) The minimum immunization data that must be provided under
subsection (b) are the following:
(1) Patient identification number.
(2) Patient first and last name.
(3) Patient date of birth.
(4) Patient address.
(5) Patient race.
(6) Patient gender.
(7) Vaccine for Children program eligibility, if the patient is
eligible for the Vaccine for Children program.
(8) Dose at the administration level under the Vaccine for
Children program, if the patient is eligible for the Vaccine for
Children program.
(9) Vaccination presentation or vaccination code using approved
Immunization Information System (IIS) code type.
(10) Vaccination date administered.
(11) Lot number of the administered vaccine.
The state department may expand or modify the list of minimum
immunization data that must be provided under this section based on
Centers for Disease Control Immunization Information System (IIS)
minimum field requirements.
(e) A provider who is unable to electronically provide immunization
data to the immunization data registry by July 1, 2015, shall submit a
detailed plan for compliance with the requirements of subsection (b) to
the state department no later than March 31, 2015. The state
department will assist the provider so the provider is able to
electronically provide immunization data in a reasonable amount of
time.
(f) The state department shall create and provide copies of
immunization data exemption forms to:
(1) providers who are:
(A) licensed under IC 25; and
(B) authorized within the provider's scope of practice to
administer immunizations; and
(2) individuals;
who request the form.
(g) The state department shall distribute, upon request, written
information to be disseminated to patients that describes the
immunization data registry. The written information must include the
following:
(1) That, beginning July 1, 2015, the provider is required to report
immunization data to the immunization data registry.
(2) That the patient or the patient's parent or guardian, if the
patient is less than eighteen (18) years of age, has a right to
exempt disclosure of immunization data to the registry and may
prevent disclosure by signing an immunization data exemption
form.
(3) That the patient or the patient's parent or guardian, if the
patient is less than eighteen (18) years of age, may have the
individual's information removed from the immunization data
registry.
(4) Instructions on how to have the information removed.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.231-1999, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.135-2003, SEC.2; P.L.161-2009, SEC.1; P.L.122-2012, SEC.6; P.L.191-2013, SEC.6; P.L.2-2014, SEC.79.