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Title 20. EDUCATION · Chapter 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION · Article 16. STUDENTS · Part 3. HEALTH

20-2-778. Required information to parents of students regarding meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their respective vaccines.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    If a local board of education provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of students in grades six through 12, then the following information about meningococcal meningitis disease and influenza and their respective vaccines shall be included:#

    1. (1)

      A description of causes, symptoms, and means of transmission;#

    2. (2)

      A list of sources for additional information; and#

    3. (3)

      Related recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.#

  2. (b)

    The Department of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop and make available the information about meningococcal meningitis disease and influenza and their respective vaccines to local school systems as required under subsection (a) of this Code section in an efficient manner that shall include posting the information on its website.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 20-2-778, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 785, § 1/HB 300; Ga. L. 2011, p. 705, § 6-3/HB 214; Ga. L. 2017, p. 97, § 2/HB 198.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, Code Section 20-2-776, as enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 785, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 20-2-778.

Law reviews

For article on 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 147 (2011).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t20-ch1-2a-(v17)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V17, 2022 edition, pages 723 to 724; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8daa8948bdb5.