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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 418
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(2) In cooperation with the State Board and the Statewide Advisory
Commission on Immunizations, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
adopt rules and regulations regarding immunizations required of children entering
schools.
(3) These rules and regulations shall:
(i) Be adopted in compliance with the Administrative Procedure
Act;
(ii) Provide that any child may have the immunization
administered by his personal physician; and
(iii) 1. [By September 2003, in areas designated as at risk for
lead poisoning, as determined under § 18-106 of the Health—General Article, when]
WHEN a child enters a public prekindergarten program, kindergarten program, or
first grade, require the parent or legal guardian of the child to provide documentation
from a health care provider, on a form developed by the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, certifying that the child has undergone blood testing for lead
poisoning administered in accordance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in the screening of young children for lead poisoning:
Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials (November 1997) and any
subsequent guidelines; and
2. [By September 2003, require] REQUIRE a program or
school to report the name, last known address, and telephone number of each child for
whom certified documentation of a lead test is not provided under item 1 of this item,
as determined by regulation, to the local health department in the jurisdiction where
the child resides.
(4) Any requirement for the administration of pertussis vaccine shall be
consistent with § 18-332(b) of the Health—General Article.
(b) (1) Unless the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene declares an
emergency or an epidemic of disease, a child whose parent or guardian objects to
immunization on the ground that it conflicts with the parent's or guardian's bona fide
religious beliefs and practices may not be required to present a physician's
certification of immunization in order to be admitted to school.
(2) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall adopt rules and
regulations for religious exemptions under this subsection.
Article - Environment
6-801.
(f) (1) "Elevated blood lead" or "EBL" means a quantity of lead in [whole
venous] blood OR CAPILLARY BLOOD OBTAINED USING A METHOD APPROVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT IN BLOOD, expressed in micrograms per deciliter (ug/dl), that exceeds a
specified THE threshold level SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBTITLE AND IS DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS:
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