GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 416
Second Edition Engrossed 3/28/89

Short Title:  Clarify Immunization Requirements.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Cochrane; Harris, Walker, and Carpenter.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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March 14, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE MEDICAL CONTRAINDICATIONS TO STATE-MANDATED IMMUNIZATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 130A-156 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-156.  Medical exemption.
The Commission for Health Services shall adopt by rule a list of medical contraindications to immunizations required by G.S. 130A-152. If a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State certifies that a required immunization is or may be detrimental to a person's health due to the presence of one of the contraindications listed by the Commission, the person is not required to receive the specified immunization as long as the contraindication persists.  The State Health Director may, upon request by a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State, grant a medical exemption to a required immunization for a contraindication not on the list adopted by the Commission."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective February 1, 1990, except that the Commission for Health Services shall, upon ratification of this act, adopt rules to implement this act, which rules shall become effective February 1, 1990.