§ 130A-153. Obtaining immunization; reporting by local health departments; access to immunization information in patient records; immunization of minors.
§ 130A‑153. Obtainingimmunization; reporting by local health departments; access to immunizationinformation in patient records; immunization of minors.
(a) The requiredimmunization may be obtained from a physician licensed to practice medicine orfrom a local health department. Local health departments shall administerrequired and State‑supplied immunizations at no cost to patients who areuninsured or underinsured and have family incomes below two hundred percent(200%) of the federal poverty level. A local health department may redistributethese vaccines only in accordance with the rules of the Commission.
(b) Local healthdepartments shall file monthly immunization reports with the Department. Thereport shall be filed on forms prepared by the Department and shall state, at aminimum, each patient's age and the number of doses of each type of vaccineadministered.
(c) Immunizationcertificates and information concerning immunizations contained in medical orother records shall, upon request, be shared with the Department, local healthdepartments, and the patient's attending physician. In addition, an insuranceinstitution, agent, or insurance support organization, as those terms aredefined in G.S. 58‑39‑15, may share immunization information withthe Department. The Commission may, for the purpose of assisting the Departmentin enforcing this Part, provide by rule that other persons may have access toimmunization information, in whole or in part.
(d) A physician orlocal health department may immunize a minor with the consent of a parent,guardian, or person standing in loco parentis to the minor. A physician orlocal health department may also immunize a minor who is presented forimmunization by an adult who signs a statement that he or she is authorized bya parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis to the minor to obtainthe immunization for the minor. (1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1959, c. 177; 1965, c. 652;1971, c. 191; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1979, c. 56, s. 1; 1983, c. 891, s. 2;1985, c. 743, ss. 1, 2; 1993, c. 134, s. 1; 1999‑110, s. 2; 2009‑451,s. 10.29A(a).)