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2001 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 118

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes physicians who practice medicine in certain states other than the state of New Hampshire to complete certain immunization exemption certifications.

This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

18:1 Exemptions From Immunization. Amend RSA 141-C:20-c, I to read as follows:

I. A physician licensed under RSA 329, or a physician exempted under RSA 329:21, III, certifies that immunization against a particular disease may be detrimental to the child's health. The exemption shall exist only for the length of time, in the opinion of the physician, such immunization would be detrimental to the child. An exemption from immunization for one disease shall not affect other required immunizations.

18:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

(Approved: April 27, 2001)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2002)