Rule 37.96.806 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ADEQUATE DOCUMENTATION OF IMMUNIZATION STATUS(1) All licensed and registered child care providers must have received completed immunization documentation, in accordance with this rule, before any child can be enrolled into a child care facility. The child care provider must maintain a record of immunization status for each enrolled child, and any child of a staff member who resides at the child care facility, with respect only to the vaccines, number of doses, and timing set forth in ARM 37.96.802. The provider must make those records available during normal working hours to representatives of the department or the local health authority.(2) The following are considered adequate documentation of vaccination for the purposes of this chapter: (a) a record from any local health department in the United States, signed by a local health officer or nurse;(b) a certificate signed by a local health officer or nurse;(c) any official immunization record, if information has been recorded and signed by a physician, physician's designee, local health officer, or that officer's designee; or an official report from the statewide immunization information system, or a health care provider's medical record system;(d) immunization recorded on a form approved by the U.S. government;(e) any state's official parent-maintained immunization record;(f) an international certificate of vaccination on a form approved by the World Health Organization; or(g) in the case of a vaccine administrated outside of the United States, a record of the vaccination signed by an official of the principal public health agency of the country where the vaccination occurred.(3) Vaccine administration data may not be filled out by a parent, guardian, or other person unless they are a health care provider, health department official, or person otherwise authorized to do so by this subchapter.(4) The following are considered adequate documentation in lieu of receiving required vaccines: (a) the conditional enrollment form prescribed by the department;(c) a religious exemption; or(d) documentation of immunity from varicella, measles, mumps, or rubella by laboratory evidence or diagnosis/verification of disease by physician, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant. The tests must indicate serological evidence of immunity and must be performed by a CLIA-certified lab. A copy of the test results must be attached to the child's official immunization record.(5) Parents or legal guardians of students attending school must provide a written parental statement that the required immunization is on file with the child's school. Parents/guardians of these students do not have to provide other immunization documentation to school-age care facilities.Mont. Admin. r. 37.96.806
NEW, 2024 MAR p. 738, Eff. 4/13/2024AUTH: 20-5-407, 52-2-704, 52-2-735, MCA; IMP: 20-5-402, 52-2-704, 52-2-723, 52-2-731, 52-2-735, MCA