You Must Provide Patients with Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) – It’s Federal Law!

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• Corporate Authors:
  Immunize.org
• Description:
  A VIS or Vaccine Information Statement is a document, produced by CDC, that informs vaccine recipients – or their parents or legal representatives – about the benefits and risks of a vaccine they are receiving. All vaccine providers, public or private, are required by the National Vaccine Childhood Injury Act (NCVIA – 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-26) to give the appropriate VIS to the patient (or parent or legal representative) prior to every dose of specific vaccines. The appropriate VIS must be given prior to the vaccination, and must be given prior to each dose of a multi-dose series. It must be given regardless of the age of the recipient: from https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/about-vis/index.html.
  
  VISs have been translated into about 40 languages. These can be found on the website of CDC's partner, https://www.immunize.org/vis/. Not every VIS has been translated into every language.
  
  What are Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)? Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are documents produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in consultation with panels of experts and parents, to properly inform vaccinees (or their parents/legal representatives) about the risks and benefits of each vaccine. VISs are not meant to replace interactions with healthcare providers, who should address any questions or concerns that the vaccinee (or parent/legal representative) may have.
  
  Using VISs is legally required! Federal law (under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, NCIVA) requires a healthcare professional to provide a copy of the current VIS to an adult patient or to a child’s parent/legal representative before vaccinating an adult or child with a dose of the following vaccines: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), influenza, pneumococcal conjugate, meningococcal, rotavirus, human papillomavirus (HPV), or varicella (chickenpox).
  
  Where to get VISs: All available VISs can be downloaded from the websites of Immunize.org at href="https://www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis/about-vis/"target="_blank">https://www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis/about-vis/ or CDC at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/current-vis/index.html . Ready-tocopy versions may also be available from your state or local health department.
  
  Translations: You can find VISs in more than 40 languages on the Immunize.org website at https://www.immunize.org/translations/
  
  Item #P2027 (9/25/2025) http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2027.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Chickenpox Vaccine Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine Diphtheria-Tetanus Vaccine Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Vaccines Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Vaccines Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Influenza Vaccines Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Meningococcal Vaccines Papillomavirus Vaccines Pneumococcal Vaccines Poliomyelitis Rotavirus Vaccines Vaccines

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• Keywords:
  Dtap Flu Vaccines Hib HPV HPV Vaccines Measles, Mumps, Rubella And Varicella Vaccines MenACWY MenB MMR MMRV Pneumococcal Conjugate Polio Vaccine Td Tdap Varicella Vaccine

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• Series:
  Vaccine Information Statement
• Subseries:
  VIS Instructions
• Publisher:
  Immunize.org
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet ; Patient Education Handout
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
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• Download URL:
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