Statute 72-5210: Same; duties of public health departments and officers; fees,
exception to payment.
A county, city-county or multicounty health department shall provide without
delay and to the
extent that funds designated by such health department for the purchase of
vaccines are available the tests and
inoculations required by this act to such pupils as are not provided
therewith by their parents or guardians and who have not been exempted
on religious or medical grounds. Such tests and inoculations
may be provided on a sliding fee scale for administrative
charges with the
exception that no child may be denied inoculations for inability to pay an
administrative fee. The local health officer
shall counsel and advise school boards concerning the administration of
this act.
History: L. 1961, ch. 354, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 412, § 2; L.
1978, ch. 291, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 182, § 30;
L. 1994, ch. 206, § 2;
L. 2002, ch. 12, § 1; July 1.