Ohio § 5104.014

§ 5104.014.

(A) As used in this section: (1) “ Child ” includes both of the following: (a) An infant, toddler, or preschool age child; (b) A school-age child who is not enrolled in a public or nonpublic school but is enrolled

in a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child

care home or receives child care from a certified in-home aide. (2) “ In the process of being immunized ” means having received at least the first dose of an immunization sequence and complying

with the immunization intervals or catch-up schedule prescribed by the director of

health. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, not later than thirty days after

enrollment in a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type

B family child care home and every thirteen months thereafter while enrolled in the

center or home and not later than thirty days after beginning to receive child care

from a certified in-home aide and every thirteen months thereafter while continuing

to receive child care from the aide, each child's caretaker parent shall provide to

the center, home, or in-home aide a medical statement, as described in division (D)

of this section, indicating that the child has been immunized against or is in the

process of being immunized against all of the following diseases: (1) Chicken pox; (2) Diphtheria; (3) Haemophilus influenzae type b; (4) Hepatitis A; (5) Hepatitis B; (6) Influenza; (7) Measles; (8) Mumps; (9) Pertussis; (10) Pneumococcal disease; (11) Poliomyelitis; (12) Rotavirus; (13) Rubella; (14) Tetanus. (C)(1) A child is not required to be immunized against a disease specified in division (B)

of this section if any of the following is the case: (a) Immunization against the disease is medically contraindicated for the child; (b) The child's parent or guardian has declined to have the child immunized against the

disease for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions; (c) Immunization against the disease is not medically appropriate for the child's age. (2) In the case of influenza, a child is not required to be immunized against the disease

if the seasonal vaccine is not available. (D)(1) The medical statement shall include all of the following information: (a) The dates that a child received immunizations against each of the diseases specified

in division (B) of this section; (b) Whether a child is subject to any of the exceptions specified in division (C) of

this section. (2) The medical statement shall include a component where a parent or guardian may indicate

that the parent or guardian has declined to have the child immunized.