Missouri § 334.157 Board to promulgate certain rules relating to vaccines and immunizations.

Missouri Statutes

§ 334.157 — Board to promulgate certain rules relating to vaccines and immunizations.

Missouri § 334.157

Title XXIIOCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Ch. 334Physicians and Surgeons — Therapists — Athletic Trainers — Health Care Providers

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.157 (2026).

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The state board of registration for the healing arts, in consultation with the department of health and senior services, shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring physicians to:

(1)Administer hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin to neonates in keeping with standards of current medical practice in any instance in which the blood test for hepatitis B performed in accordance with section 210.030 indicates the neonate has been exposed or is at risk of exposure to hepatitis B; and

(2)Recommend to the parents or legal guardians of any neonate who is not found to have been exposed or at risk of exposure to hepatitis B that the neonate receive hepatitis B vaccine in accordance with standards of current medical practice, upon receipt of informed written consent of the parents or lega

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The state board of registration for the healing arts, in consultation with the department of health and senior services, shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring physicians to:

(1) Administer hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin to neonates in keeping with standards of current medical practice in any instance in which the blood test for hepatitis B performed in accordance with section 210.030 indicates the neonate has been exposed or is at risk of exposure to hepatitis B; and

(2) Recommend to the parents or legal guardians of any neonate who is not found to have been exposed or at risk of exposure to hepatitis B that the neonate receive hepatitis B vaccine in accordance with standards of current medical practice, upon receipt of informed written consent of the parents or legal guardians.