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410 ILCS 315/2

(410 ILCS 315/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.12)

Sec. 2.

The Department of Public Health shall promulgate rules and
regulations requiring immunization of children against preventable communicable
diseases designated by the Director. Before any regulation or amendment
thereto is prescribed, the Department shall conduct a public hearing
regarding such regulation.
In addition, before any regulation or any amendment to a regulation is
adopted,
and after the Immunization Advisory Committee has made its recommendations,
the State Board of Health shall conduct 3 public hearings,
geographically
distributed throughout the State, regarding the regulation or amendment to the
regulation.  At the conclusion of the hearings, the State Board of Health shall
issue a report, including its recommendations, to the Director.  The Director
shall take into consideration any comments or recommendations made by the Board
based on these hearings.
The Department may prescribe additional rules
and regulations for immunization of other diseases as vaccines are
developed.

The provisions of this Act shall not apply if:

1. The parent or guardian of the child objects thereto on the grounds
that the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with his religious
tenets or practices or,

2. A physician employed by the parent or guardian to provide care and
treatment to the child states that the physical condition of the child is
such that the administration of one or more of the required immunizing
agents would be detrimental to the health of the child.

(Source: P.A. 90-607, eff. 6-30-98.)