Ch. 25                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Error: Misnomer in § 7-305.1(i) of the Education Article.

Occurred: Ch. 433, Acts of 2003.

7-403.

(a) (1) In cooperation with the State Board and the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of Maryland, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall adopt rules
and regulations regarding blood tests for lead poisoning required of children entering
schools.

(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 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 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.

[(3)] (4) Any requirement for the administration of pertussis vaccine
shall be consistent with § 18-332(b) of the Health - General Article.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Tabulation error in § 7-403(a) of the Education Article.

Occurred: Ch. 178, Acts of 2003. Correction by the publisher of the
Annotated Code in the 2003 Supplement to the Education Article is
ratified by this Act.

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