Vermont § 1121 - Immunizations required prior to attending school and child care facilities

§ 1121. Immunizations required prior to attending school and child care facilities

• (a) No person may enroll as a student in a Vermont school, regardless of whether the student
  has been enrolled in the school during a previous school year, unless the appropriate
  school official has received a record or certificate of immunization issued by a licensed
  health care practitioner or a health clinic that the person has received required
  immunizations appropriate to age as specified by the Vermont Department of Health. (b) No person may enroll or retain a child in a child care facility, regardless of whether
  the child has been enrolled in the facility during a previous year, unless the facility
  has received a record or certificate of immunization issued by a licensed health care
  practitioner or a health clinic that the child has received required immunizations
  in the prior 12-month period appropriate to age as specified by the Vermont Department
  of Health. (c)(1) To the extent permitted under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (family educational and privacy rights), and any regulations adopted pursuant to
  20 U.S.C. § 1232g, all schools and child care facilities shall make publicly available the aggregated
  immunization rates of the student body for each required immunization using a standardized
  form that shall be created by the Department. Each school and child care facility
  shall provide the information on the school and child care facility’s aggregated immunization
  rate for each required immunization to students, or in the case of a minor to parents
  and guardians, at the start of each academic year and to any student, or in the case
  of a minor to the parent or guardian of any student, who transfers to the school or
  child care facility after the start of the academic year. A student attending a postsecondary
  school shall directly receive information on the school’s aggregated immunization
  rate at the start of the academic year or upon transfer to the school, regardless
  of whether the student is a minor. (2) Each school and child care facility shall annually, on or before January 1, submit
  its standardized form containing the student body’s aggregated immunization rates
  to the Department. (3) Notwithstanding section 1120 of this title, as used in this subsection only, the term “child care facility” shall exclude a
  family day care home licensed or registered under 33 V.S.A. chapter 35. (Added 1979, No. 40; amended 1981, No. 18, § 2; 2007, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2011, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 34, § 12; 2015, No. 37, § 3; 2023, No. 6, § 114, eff. July 1, 2023.)