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§31.13. Development of immunization registry and tracking and recall system; standards
The office of public health, a public health unit, or both, or their agents or other
providers may develop an immunization registry and an associated tracking and recall
system. The developer of any system shall consult providers in developing the system to
provide for a simple and efficient system of transferring information. The registry and
associated tracking system shall be named the Louisiana Immunization Network (LINKS),
and shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1)Immunization records of all clients born or living within the jurisdiction of the
agency that develops the registry.
(2)A uniform method of tracking, updating, and recording immunization histories
of registered clients.
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§31.13. Development of immunization registry and tracking and recall system; standards
The office of public health, a public health unit, or both, or their agents or other
providers may develop an immunization registry and an associated tracking and recall
system. The developer of any system shall consult providers in developing the system to
provide for a simple and efficient system of transferring information. The registry and
associated tracking system shall be named the Louisiana Immunization Network (LINKS),
and shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Immunization records of all clients born or living within the jurisdiction of the
agency that develops the registry.
(2) A uniform method of tracking, updating, and recording immunization histories
of registered clients.
(3) Procedures formulated in consultation with providers that will allow a provider
to provide information to and obtain information from the immunization registry and
immunization tracking and recall records without the consent of a client under eighteen years
of age or the parent or guardian of such a client.
(4) Procedures that allow an immunization record of a client to be released to a client
or the client's parent, guardian, school, or early learning center.
(5) A method of notifying the client or parent or guardian of the client when the
tracking and recall system indicates that a client is due to receive a scheduled immunization
or when the client has missed a scheduled immunization.
(6) A procedure for sharing or transferring information with any other immunization
registry and its associated tracking and recall systems within the state.
(7) A method for providing or publishing information in aggregate form that does
not identify a client.
(8) Methods assuring that information contained in the immunization registry only
be used to track and document immunization status, for other immunization program-related
activities, and for associated public health research.