IC 16-41-9-1.7: Immunization programs

Sec. 1.7. (a) An immunization program established by a public health authority to combat a public health emergency involving a serious communicable disease must comply with the following:

(1) The state department must develop and distribute or post information concerning the risks and benefits of immunization.

(2) No person may be required to receive an immunization without that person's consent. No child may be required to receive an immunization without the consent of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. The state department may implement the procedures described in section 1.5 of this chapter concerning a person who refuses to receive an immunization or the child of a parent, guardian, or custodian who refuses to consent to the child receiving an immunization.

(b) The state department shall adopt rules to implement this section. The absence of rules adopted under this subsection does not preclude the public health authority from implementing any provision of this section.