A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal the Thirty-day grace period for presenting proof of immunization of children entering public school.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑155 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑155.  Submission of certificate to child care facility, preschool and school authorities; record maintenance; reporting.
(a)	No child shall attend a school (pre K‑12), whether public, private or religious, a child care facility as defined in G.S. 110‑86(3), unless a certificate of immunization indicating that the child has received the immunizations required by G.S. 130A‑152 is presented to the school or facility. The parent, guardian, or responsible person must present a certificate of immunization on the child's first day of attendance to the principal of the school or operator of the facility, as defined in G.S. 110‑86(7). If a certificate of immunization is not presented on the first day, the principal or operator shall present a notice of deficiency to the parent, guardian or responsible person, and the principal or operator shall not permit the child to attend the school or facility unless and until the required immunization has been obtained. If the administration of vaccine in a series of doses given at medically approved intervals requires a period beyond the first day of attendance, additional days upon certification by a physician may be allowed to obtained the required immunization.
 (b)	The school or child care facility shall maintain on file immunization records for all children attending the school or facility which contain the information required for a certificate of immunization as specified in G.S. 130A‑154. These certificates shall be open to inspection by the Department and the local health department during normal business hours. When a child transfers to another school or facility, the school or facility which the child previously attended shall, upon request, send a copy of the child's immunization record at no charge to the school or facility to which the child has transferred.
(c)	Within 60 calendar days after the commencement of a new school year, the school shall file an immunization report with the Department. The child care facility shall file an immunization report annually with the Department. The report shall be filed on forms prepared by the Department and shall state the number of children attending the school or facility, the number of children who had not obtained the required immunization on the first day of attendance, and the number of children who received a religious exemption.
(d)	Any adult who attends school (pre K‑12), whether public, private or religious, shall obtain the immunizations required in G.S. 130A‑152 and shall present to the school a certificate in accordance with this section. The physician or local health department administering a required vaccine to the adult shall give a certificate of immunization to the person. The certificate shall state the person's name, address, date of birth and sex; the number of doses of the vaccine given; the date the doses were given; the name and addresses of the physician or local health department administering the required immunization; and other relevant information required by the Commission."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to the convening of the 2007‑2008 school year.