HB 915

Abstract

Required immunizations; regulations. Providesthat a parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis of eachchild in the Commonwealth shall cause such child to be vaccinatedin accordance with the Regulations for the Immunization of SchoolChildren of the State Board of Health (the Board) and that regulationsof the Board setting forth such requirements shall be subject tothe Administrative Process Act. Currently, a parent, guardian, orperson standing in loco parentis of a child shall cause such childto be vaccinated in accordance with the Immunizations Schedule developedand published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, American Academy ofPediatrics, and American Academy of Family Physicians, and any regulationsof the Board setting forth requirements related to vaccines are exemptfrom the Administrative Process Act. Thebill also provides that no regulation of the Board of Health settingforth requirements related to vaccines shall become effective untilafter the next regular session of the General Assembly following thedate on which the final adopted regulation is published in the VirginiaRegister of Regulations.