(a) All private and public hospitals in Texas that provide health care to children shall:
  (1) administer age-appropriate vaccines or refer newborns for immunizations to other health care providers at the time of the newborn screening test;
  (2) review the immunization history of every child admitted to the hospital, examined in the hospital's emergency room, or outpatient clinic; and
  (3) administer the needed vaccines or refer the child to another health care provider for immunizations.
(b) All physicians and other health care providers who provide health care to children in Texas shall:
  (1) review the immunization history of every child examined; and
  (2) administer vaccine(s) or refer every child who needs immunizations to another health care provider.
(c) Hospitals, all physicians, and other health care providers, who provide health care to children in Texas, must document in a newborn's or other child's hospital or medical record that the newborn or child has either received age-appropriate immunizations or has been referred for immunizations at the time of the newborn screening or upon a child's admission to the hospital, examination in a hospital emergency room or visit to an outpatient clinic. Hospitals, all physicians, and other health care providers who provide health care to children in Texas must document in a newborn's or other child's hospital or medical record that the:
  (1) newborn's or other child's immunization history has been reviewed; and
  (2) that the newborn or child has been age-appropriately immunized or that the newborn has been referred to another health care provider for immunizations.

Source Note: The provisions of this §97.101 adopted to be effective April 14, 1995, 20 TexReg 2386; amended to be effective December 15, 2002, 27 TexReg 11750; amended to be effective December 22, 2005, 30 TexReg 8435; amended to be effective July 20, 2011, 36 TexReg 4563