(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.(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 s 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.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 169, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 493, s 32, eff. 5/25/2021.Acts 1984, ch. 839, § 1.
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