36-135

36-135. Child immunization reporting system;
requirements; access; confidentiality; immunity; violation;
classification

A. The child immunization reporting system is established in the department to
collect, store, analyze, release and report immunization data.

B. Beginning on January 1, 1998, a health care professional who is licensed under
title 32 to provide immunizations, except as provided in subsection I, shall report the
following information:

1. The health care professional's name, business address and business telephone
number.

2. The child's name, address, social security number if known and not confidential,
gender, date of birth and mother's maiden name.

3. The type of vaccine administered and the date it is administered.

C. The health care professional may submit this information to the department on
a weekly or monthly basis by telephone, facsimile, mail, computer or any other method
prescribed by the department.

D. Except as provided in subsection I, the department shall release identifying
information only to the person's health care professional, parent or guardian, health
care services organization, the Arizona health care cost containment system and its
providers as defined in chapter 29 of this title, or a school official who is authorized
by law to receive and record immunization records. The department, by rule, may release
immunization information to persons for a specified purpose. The department may release
nonidentifying summary statistics.

E. Identifying information in the system is confidential. A person who is
authorized to receive confidential information under subsection D shall not disclose this
information to any other person.

F. A health care professional who provides information in good faith pursuant to
this section is not subject to civil or criminal liability.

G. A health care professional who does not comply with the requirements of this
section violates a law applicable to the practice of medicine and commits an act of
unprofessional conduct.

H. Any agency or person receiving confidential information from the system who
subsequently discloses that information to any other person is guilty of a class 3
misdemeanor.

I. At the request of the person, or if the person is a child the child's parent or
guardian, the department of health services shall provide a form to be signed that allows
confidential immunization information to be withheld from all persons including persons
authorized to receive confidential information pursuant to subsection D. If the request
is delivered to the health care professional prior to the immunization, the health care
professional shall not forward the information required under subsection B to the
department.