Menu of state healthcare facility measles, mumps, and rubell (MMR) vaccination laws

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• Personal Author:
  Bhatti, Alexandra ; Lauren Tonti, ; Pepin, Dawn ; Hoss, Aila
• Corporate Authors:
  Public Health Law Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)) ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support.
• Description:
  This menu is one of a series of menus assessing vaccination requirements for patients and healthcare workers in healthcare facilities. Healthcare facilities across the United States are increasingly requiring healthcare workers and patients to be vaccinated for certain vaccine-preventable diseases to reduce disease outbreaks. In some instances, facilities are establishing these requirements under mandates set forth by state statutes or regulations. Depending on the vaccine, the legal requirements might apply to either patients, healthcare workers, or both, and can include the following types of provisions:
  
  • Assessment Requirements: The healthcare facility must assess a healthcare worker’s or patient’s vaccination status.
  
  • Administrative Requirements for Offering Vaccination: The healthcare facility must offer a vaccination to a healthcare worker or patient.
  
  • Administrative Requirements for Ensuring Vaccination: The healthcare facility must require a healthcare worker or patient to demonstrate proof of vaccination or immunity against a specific vaccine preventable disease.
  
  Measles, mumps, and rubella are infectious diseases that can be spread in the healthcare setting through coughing and sneezing. Individuals can demonstrate immunity to measles, mumps, and rubella by providing immunization records or through serologic testing.5 Measles, mumps, and rubella each present differently in healthcare settings. As a result, many state laws refer to measles, mumps, or rubella disease separately rather than referencing the “MMR” vaccine.
  
  This menu includes states laws collected from WestlawNext, June 6–July 5, 2016.
  
  menu-mmrvaccinationlaws.pdf
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Appendix 1. Hospital Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination Laws -- Appendix 2. Long-Term Care Facility Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination Laws -- Appendix 3. Ambulatory Care Facility Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination Laws.
• Subjects:
  Health Facilities Hospitals Legislation As Topic Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Public Health Practice State Government Vaccination/legislation & Jurisprudence
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  32 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7d044987d77784128523bbd756c160d2977d03e64a7ecfb2f1156539c401a409
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52903/cdc_52903_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 763.90 KB ]