Certificate of immunization – Out-of-state immunization records

(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. Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(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.