Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Immunization Data Registry Act. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)
Illinois · statute · 410 ILCS 527 · 8 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Immunization Data Registry Act. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)
Definition. For the purpose of this Act, "Department" means the Department of Public Health. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)
Development of registry; purposes. (a) The Department may develop and maintain an immunization data registry to collect, store, analyze, release, and report immunization data. (b) Data in the immunization registry may be used only for the following purposes: (1) To ensure that necessary immunizations are provided and o…
Provision of immunization data to registry; exemption forms; written information on immunization registry. (a) A health care provider, physician's designee, or pharmacist's designee may provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data registry in a manner prescribed by the Department and for the purpo…
Immunization data exemption form; immunization providers. Before entering immunization data into the immunization data registry, authorized immunization providers who provide immunization data into the immunization data registry shall provide the patient or the patient's parent or guardian, if the patient is less than…
Confidentiality of information; release of information; statistics; panel on expanding access. (a) Records maintained as part of the immunization data registry are confidential. (b) The Department may release an individual's confidential information to the individual or to the individual's parent or guardian if the ind…
Immunity for providing data; penalty. (a) An entity described in subsection (c) of Section 20 of this Act, the Department, or an agent of the Department who in good faith provides or receives immunization information is immune from civil and criminal liability for the following actions: (1) Providing information to the…
Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)