(1) A local public health authority shall ensure that immunizations required under ORS 433.282 and 433.283 and the rules adopted pursuant to ORS 433.273 for attendance at a school, childrens facility or post-secondary educational institution are available through local health care providers or the local public health authority or its contractors: (a) To the entire population of the area served by the local public health authority in convenient areas and at convenient times. (b) Regardless of whether a child or student is able to pay for the immunization. (2)(a) Each local public health authority, school and childrens facility shall report annually to the Oregon Health Authority on: (A) The number of children in the area served by the local public health authority, school or childrens facility; and (B) The number of children in the area served by the local public health authority, school or childrens facility who are susceptible to restrictable disease as prescribed by the Oregon Health Authoritys rules pursuant to ORS 433.273. (b) Each school and childrens facility shall report annually to the Oregon Health Authority on the number of children in the area served by the school or childrens facility who are in attendance at the school or childrens facility conditionally because of an incomplete immunization schedule. (c) Each local public health authority shall make available to each school and childrens facility in the area served by the local public health authority data on the immunization rate, by disease, of children in the area. Upon request, the Oregon Health Authority shall assist local public health authorities in compiling data for purposes of this paragraph. (d) A child exempted under ORS 433.267 is susceptible to restrictable disease for purposes of this subsection. (3)(a) For the purpose of providing parents with the information necessary to protect their childrens health, each school and childrens facility shall make available the information reported and received by the school and childrens facility pursuant to subsection (2) of this section: (A) At the main office of the school or childrens facility; (B) On the schools or school districts website or on the childrens facilitys website, if available; and (C) To the parents of the children who attend the school or childrens facility, in the form of a paper document or electronic communication that includes the information in a clear and easy to understand manner. (b) The information required to be made available under paragraph (a) of this subsection must be made available at the beginning of each school year and not later than one month after the date that children may be excluded as provided by ORS 433.267. (4) The administrator of a school or childrens facility shall maintain immunization records of children, including children who are in attendance at the school or childrens facility conditionally because of an incomplete immunization schedule and children who are exempted as described in ORS 433.267 (1)(b) and (c).
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