A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-29-180, RELATING TO SCHOOL AND CHILDCARE VACCINATION AND IMmUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE the GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO DETERMINE ANY MANDATED VACCINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.  Section 44-29-180(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

    (A) No superintendent of an institution of learning, no school board or principal of a school, and no owner or operator of a public or private childcare facility as defined in Section 63-13-20 may admit as a pupil or enroll or retain a child or person who cannot produce satisfactory evidence of having been vaccinated or immunized so often as directed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control or its successor agency for the following vaccines/diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b, pneumococcal conjugate, hepatitis A, and varicella.  Any additional vaccines must be approved by the General Assembly.  Records of vaccinations or immunizations must be maintained by the institution, school, or day care facility to which the child or person has been admitted.

SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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