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  • (1) "Department" means the Department of Health, created in Section 26-1-4.
  • (2) "Health official" means an individual designated by a local health department from within the local health department to consult and counsel parents and licensed health care providers, in accordance with Subsection 53G-9-304(2)(a).
  • (3) "Health official designee" means a licensed health care provider designated by a local health department, in accordance with Subsection 53G-9-304(2)(b), to consult with parents, licensed health care professionals, and school officials.
  • (4) "Immunization" or "immunize" means a process through which an individual develops an immunity to a disease, through vaccination or natural exposure to the disease.
  • (5) "Immunization record" means a record relating to a student that includes:
    • (a) information regarding each required vaccination that the student has received, including the date each vaccine was administered, verified by:
      • (i) a licensed health care provider;
      • (ii) an authorized representative of a local health department;
      • (iii) an authorized representative of the department;
      • (iv) a registered nurse; or
      • (v) a pharmacist;
    • (b) information regarding each disease against which the student has been immunized by previously contracting the disease; and
    • (c) an exemption form identifying each required vaccination from which the student is exempt, including all required supporting documentation described in Section 53G-9-303.
  • (6) "Legally responsible individual" means:
    • (a) a student's parent;
    • (b) the student's legal guardian;
    • (c) an adult brother or sister of a student who has no legal guardian; or
    • (d) the student, if the student:
      • (i) is an adult; or
      • (ii) is a minor who may consent to treatment under Section 26-10-9.
  • (7) "Licensed health care provider" means a health care provider who is licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions, as:
    • (a) a medical doctor;
    • (b) an osteopathic doctor;
    • (c) a physician assistant; or
    • (d) an advanced practice registered nurse.
  • (8) "Local health department" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102.
  • (9) "Required vaccines" means vaccines required by department rule described in Section 53G-9-305.
  • (10) "School" means any public or private:
    • (a) elementary or secondary school through grade 12;
    • (b) preschool;
    • (c) child care program, as that term is defined in Section 26-39-102;
    • (d) nursery school; or
    • (e) kindergarten.
  • (11) "Student" means an individual who attends a school.
  • (12) "Vaccinating" or "vaccination" means the administration of a vaccine.
  • (13) "Vaccination exemption form" means a form, described in Section 53G-9-304, that documents and verifies that a student is exempt from the requirement to receive one or more required vaccines.
  • (14) "Vaccine" means the substance licensed for use by the United States Food and Drug Administration that is injected into or otherwise administered to an individual to immunize the individual against a communicable disease.




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