HB915:

Immunizations; required vaccinations for children, regulations.

Bill Summary:

Required immunizations; regulations. Provides
that a parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis of each
child in the Commonwealth shall cause such child to be vaccinated
in accordance with the Regulations for the Immunization of School
Children of the State Board of Health (the Board) and that regulations
of the Board setting forth such requirements shall be subject to
the Administrative Process Act. Currently, a parent, guardian, or
person standing in loco parentis of a child shall cause such child
to be vaccinated in accordance with the Immunizations Schedule developed
and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, American Academy of
Pediatrics, and American Academy of Family Physicians, and any regulations
of the Board setting forth requirements related to vaccines are exempt
from the Administrative Process Act.

The
bill also provides that no regulation of the Board of Health setting
forth requirements related to vaccines shall become effective until
after the next regular session of the General Assembly following the
date on which the final adopted regulation is published in the Virginia
Register of Regulations.