(a) (1) All immunizations administered to any individual age eighteen and under shall be reported to the Department, within 14 days of such immunization, by any person authorized by law to administer an immunization, or a person in charge of a hospital, clinic or other institution where such immunization is administered. Upon application of a person required to report pursuant to this section, the Department in its discretion and when deemed necessary may extend the period of time within which such a person shall report immunizations. Any person required to report pursuant to this section shall also report to the Department any occurrences or matters which are reportable to the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System established by 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-25(b) or any successor statute and any rules adopted pursuant thereto. The reporting of such occurrences or matters to the Department shall be made at the same time as made to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(2) Reports submitted to the Department pursuant to this section shall contain the name, address, and any other information required by the Department for the proper identification of the individual, demographic and epidemiological information and the immunization record, including past immunizations administered to the individual, in the possession of the person required to report pursuant to this section. Such reports shall be made in an electronic transmission format acceptable to the Department or, with the specific approval of the Department, in writing on a form prescribed by the Department via facsimile or by mail.
(3) Reports of an immunization administered to any individual age nineteen and above may be submitted to the Department provided that the person administering the immunization or the person in charge of the hospital, clinic or other institution where the immunization is administered, has obtained consent to report such immunization from the person to whom such immunization information relates.
(b) All records of immunization created or received by the Department shall be maintained in an immunization registry and shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of 24 RCNY Health Code § 11.11(d).
(Amended City Record 12/13/2016, eff. 1/12/2017)