49-6-5005 - Information about meningococcal disease and the effectiveness of vaccination. - Tennessee Statutes

49-6-5005. Information about meningococcal disease and the effectiveness of vaccination.

LEAs shall ensure that schools provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal disease and the effectiveness of vaccination against meningococcal disease at the beginning of every school year. This information shall include the causes, symptoms and means by which meningococcal disease is spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an LEA or school to provide or purchase vaccine against meningococcal disease.

[Acts 2005, ch. 177, § 1.]