§ 36.671

36-671. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Department' means the department of health services. 2. ' Director' means the director of the department of health services. 3. ' Documentary proof' means written evidence that a pupil has been immunized or has laboratory evidence of immunity which conforms with the standards promulgated pursuant to section 15-872. 4. ' Dose' means the number in a series of immunizations which may be prescribed pursuant to section 36-672. 5. ' Health agency' means a local health department or similar governmental agency established pursuant to the laws of another state or country and its officers and employees. 6. ' Immunization' means the process of inoculation with a specific antigen to promote antibody formation in the body. 7. ' Immunized' means the required initial immunization and boosters or reimmunization prescribed pursuant to section 36-672. 8. ' Laboratory evidence of immunity' means written evidence of serologic confirmation of the presence of specific antibodies against an immunization-preventable disease which is signed by a physician or an authorized representative of a health agency. 9.

ence of serologic confirmation of the presence of specific antibodies against an immunization-preventable disease which is signed by a physician or an authorized representative of a health agency. 9. ' Local health department' means local health departments established pursuant to chapter 1, article 4 of this title. 10. ' Physician' means a person licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, 17 or 29 or a person licensed to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine under the laws of another state or country. 11. ' Pupil' means a person who is eligible to receive instruction at a school and includes pre-kindergarten age children receiving either services for children with disabilities or day care on a school campus otherwise exempt from day care rules pursuant to section 36-884. 12. ' School' means a public, private or parochial school that offers instruction at any level or grade through twelfth grade, except for day care facilities regulated pursuant to chapter 7.1 of this title. 13. ' School administrator' means the principal or person having general daily control and supervision of the school or that person's designee.