GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 724

Short Title:  Clarify Immunization Law.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Kerr.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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April 11, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LAW PERTAINING TO IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 130A-155.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no person shall attend a college or university, whether public, private, or religious, unless a certificate of immunization or a record of immunization from a high school located in North Carolina indicating that the person has received immunizations required by G.S. 130A-152 is presented to the college or university.  This section shall not apply to educational institutions established under Chapter 115D of the General Statutes, or to students registering only in off-campus courses, or to students attending night classes only, or to students taking a course load of four credit hours or less and residing off campus.  The person shall present a certificate or record of immunization on or before the date the person first registers for a quarter or semester during which the student will reside on the campus or first registers for more than four credit hours to the registrar of the college or university. If a certificate or record of immunization is not in the possession of the college or university on the date of first registration, the college or university shall present a notice of deficiency to the person. The person shall have 30 calendar days from the date of the person's first registration o to obtain the required immunization. If immunization requires a series of doses and the period necessary to give the vaccine at standard intervals extends beyond the date of the first registration, the student shall be allowed to attend the college or university upon written certification by a physician that the standard series is in progress.  The physician shall state the time period needed to complete the series.  Upon termination of this time period, the college or university shall not permit the person to continue in attendance unless the required immunization has been obtained."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to persons registering for college or university on or after that date.