§ 2112. Immunizations; prohibition on the use of mercury.
1.Except as\notherwise provided in subdivisions two, three, four and five of this\nsection, no person under three years of age and no woman who knows she\nis pregnant shall be vaccinated with a vaccine that contains more than\n0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.\n 2. Persons under three years of age may be vaccinated with an\ninfluenza vaccine that contains not more than 0.625 micrograms of\nmercury per 0.25 milliliter dose.\n 3. Women who know they are pregnant may be vaccinated with an\ninfluenza vaccine that contains not more than 1.25 micrograms of mercury\nper 0.50 milliliter dose; provided, however, that no provision of this\nsection shall apply to the administration of influenza vaccine to women\nwho know
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§ 2112. Immunizations; prohibition on the use of mercury. 1. Except as\notherwise provided in subdivisions two, three, four and five of this\nsection, no person under three years of age and no woman who knows she\nis pregnant shall be vaccinated with a vaccine that contains more than\n0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.\n 2. Persons under three years of age may be vaccinated with an\ninfluenza vaccine that contains not more than 0.625 micrograms of\nmercury per 0.25 milliliter dose.\n 3. Women who know they are pregnant may be vaccinated with an\ninfluenza vaccine that contains not more than 1.25 micrograms of mercury\nper 0.50 milliliter dose; provided, however, that no provision of this\nsection shall apply to the administration of influenza vaccine to women\nwho know they are pregnant until and unless the commissioner makes a\nyearly determination that there is an adequate supply of influenza\nvaccine that contains not more than 1.25 micrograms of mercury per 0.50\nmilliliter dose to meet anticipated demand.\n 4. The commissioner may authorize the use of vaccines containing more\nthan the mercury levels described in subdivisions one, two and three of\nthis section when he or she determines it is necessary to prevent or\nrespond to an outbreak of disease and there are insufficient amounts of\nvaccine containing the mercury levels described in subdivision one, two\nor three of this section to adequately protect the public health. Such\nauthorization shall continue until the commissioner determines that the\nthreat of an outbreak or the outbreak has ended.\n 5. The commissioner may authorize the use of specific vaccines\ncontaining more than the mercury levels described in subdivisions one,\ntwo and three of this section when he or she determines that a vaccine\nwith lower mercury levels is not available for distribution in this\nstate, and the parent of a person under three years of age provides\ninformed consent to administration of such vaccine to his or her child\nor the woman who knows she is pregnant provides informed consent to the\nadministration of such vaccine.\n