RS 40:2166.9: Immunization information; influenza

A. No later than September first of each year and in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every licensed adult residential care provider shall provide residents educational information on influenza. This educational information shall include, at a minimum, the risks associated with influenza, the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the influenza immunization, the causes and symptoms of influenza, and the means by which influenza is spread.

B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any adult residential care provider to provide or pay for any immunization against influenza.