Sec. 773.0551. DISEASE PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION ON CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. (a) In this section: (1) "Applicant" means an individual who files an application for certification or recertification as emergency medical services personnel under Section 773.055 . (2) "Immunization registry" means the immunization registry established under Section 161.007 . (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system under which the Health and Human Services Commission provides an applicant immunization information. The system must require the commission to provide: (1) if the applicant's immunization history is included in the immunization registry, written notice of the applicant's immunization history, using information from the immunization registry; or (2) if the applicant's immunization history is not included in the immunization registry, the following information: (A) details about the program developed under Section 161.00707 ; and (B) the specific risks to emergency medical services personnel when responding rapidly to an emergency of exposure to and infection by a potentially serious or deadly communicable disease that an immunization may prevent.
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