192.630. Advisory committee on childhood immunization--members--public meetings, costs--appointment--duties. - Missouri Statutes

Advisory committee on childhood immunization--members--publicmeetings, costs--appointment--duties.

192.630. 1. There is hereby established in the department of health andsenior services an "Advisory Committee on Childhood Immunization". Theadvisory committee shall be comprised of a physician who is board-certified inpediatrics, a physician who is board-certified in family practice, one nursewho is active in the delivery of nursing services in public schools, one nursewho is active in the delivery of community health nursing services in a localhealth department, the director of the department of health and seniorservices or his designee, the chief of the office of minority health and thechief of the office of rural health in the department of health and seniorservices, and a representative from each of the regions listed in subdivisions(1) to (7) of this subsection, the boundaries of which shall be determined bythe director of the department of health and senior services:

(1) Greater St. Louis area;

(2) Southeast;

(3) Northeast;

(4) Central;

(5) Southwest;

(6) Northwest; and

(7) Greater Kansas City area.

2. Each representative from the various regions listed in subdivisions(1) to (7) of subsection 1 of this section shall organize, publicize, andparticipate in at least one public meeting within that region which isdesigned to gather information regarding childhood immunization in thatregion. The costs of holding such meetings shall be paid by the department ofhealth and senior services using funds appropriated to the department for thatpurpose.

3. The members of the committee, other than the ex officio members,shall be appointed by the director of the department of health and seniorservices and shall serve for three-year terms. Members shall serve on the*committee without compensation but may be reimbursed for their actual andnecessary expenses from moneys appropriated to the department of health andsenior services for that purpose. The advisory committee shall:

(1) Identify existing immunization record-keeping systems and theirsuitability for inclusion in a comprehensive monitoring system, computerizedand linked to regional, state or federal systems;

(2) Determine how demographic and immunization data on all childrenunder the age of five years shall be obtained and entered into the computersystem and how it shall be kept up to date;

(3) Determine how the data collected on immunizations shall be analyzedand communicated to parents, health care providers, and public officials whilemaintaining the confidentially of patient records;

(4) Develop plans for increasing the rate of childhood immunization inthis state, giving due consideration to factors related to culturaldifferences among the various population groups in this state.

(L. 1993 H.B. 522 § 1)

*Word "a" appears in original rolls.