(a) Proof of immunization shall be established by a certificate of immunization listing all immunizations that a child has received. The certificates shall be signed by a physician or a health care provider administering immunizations. All certificates of immunization shall be on forms furnished by the department of health.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-6-5002
signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), out-of-state immunization records evidencing a child’s immunization against the diseases designated by the commissioner of health for purposes of § 49-6-5001(a) are sufficient to permit a child to attend a public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility in this state.(2) A parent of a child immunized in another state against the diseases designated by the commissioner must provide the department of health with the child’s out-of-state immunization records for the parent’s child to be permitted to attend a public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool, or child care facility in this state.(3) The department shall not require a parent of a child immunized in another state to present the child for medical evaluation in this state in order for the child to obtain a certificate of immunization.(4) This subsection (b) only applies to a natural or adopted child or stepchild of a member of the armed forces engaged in active military service of the United States or a member of the Tennessee national guard engaged in active military service of the United States.
