Section 23.86. School reporting

(a) A public, private, parochial or nonpublic school in this Commonwealth, including vocational schools, intermediate units, special education and home education programs and cyber and charter schools, shall report immunization data to the Department by October 15 of each year, using forms provided by the Department.

(b) The school administrator or the administrator’s designee shall forward the reports to the Department as indicated on the reporting form provided by the Department.

(c) Duplicate reports shall be submitted to the county health department if the school is located in a county with a full-time health department.

(d) The school administrator or the administrator’s designee shall ensure that the school’s identification information, including the name of the school, school district, county and school address, is correct, and shall make any necessary corrections, prior to submitting the report.

(e) Content of the reports must include the following information:

(1) The month, day and year of the report.

(2) The number of students attending school in each grade-level, or in an ungraded school in each age group, as indicated on the reporting form.

(3) The number of doses of each individual antigen given in each grade-level, or in an ungraded school, in each age group, as indicated on the reporting form.

(4) The number of students attending school who were classed as medical exemptions in each grade-level, or in an ungraded school, in each age group, as indicated on the reporting form.

(5) The number of students attending school who were classed as religious exemptions in each grade level, or in an ungraded school, in each age group, as indicated on the reporting form.

(6) The number of students provisionally admitted in each grade level or, in an ungraded school, in any age group as indicated on the reporting form.

(7) The number of students in each grade level who were denied admission because of the student’s inability to qualify for provisional admission or, in an ungraded school, in each age group as indicated on the reporting form.

(8) Other information as required by the Department.

The provisions of this § 23.86 amended through September 17, 1982, effective August 1, 1983, 12 Pa.B. 3288; amended January 23, 1987, effective January 24, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 375; amended August 22, 1997, effective August 23, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 4317; amended May 28, 2010, effective August 1, 2011, 40 Pa.B. 2747. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (287122) to (287123).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 23.86 amended under section 1303 of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P. S. § 13-1303); section 16(b) of the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 (35 P. S. § 521.16(b)); and section 2102(g) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 532(g)).

Cross References

This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 405.49 (relating to immunizations); and 28 Pa. Code § 27.77 (relating to immunization requirements for children in child care group settings).