La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § II-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section II-703 - Mandatory Immunization Reporting

A. All immunization providers in the state of Louisiana shall be licensed or credentialed by their respective boards (to administer vaccines) and shall register and enroll in the Louisiana Immunization Network ("LINKS").

B. All licensed or credentialed immunization providers shall comply with the rules and regulations outlined in the LINKS site enrollment agreement.

C. All licensed and credentialed immunization providers in Louisiana shall report all immunizations administered, regardless of patient age, and update patient demographics at each patient encounter to LINKS within one week of vaccine administration to the patient.

D. Boards that license healthcare providers authorized to administer vaccines shall provide an updated listing of all such authorized providers every calendar year to the OPH's immunization program. The updated listings shall be received by the OPH's immunization program no later than January 31 annually.

E. All providers licensed/credentialed to administered vaccines shall report all specified immunizations, antivirals, and other medications administered for all ages (within seven days of administration) to the LINKS system in preparation for or in response to a declared public health disaster or emergency event.

F. When reporting to the LINKS system, several pieces of information will be needed including; site and individual user demographic information; and consent to privacy and confidentiality compliance.

G. All of the information reported under Subsection F of this Section may be found on the LDH-OPH Immunization Program webpage identified as "https://lalinks.org/linksweb/LINKS_ENROLL.html". All licensed or credentialed immunization providers shall comply with the rules, regulations and policies outlined within the LINKS information system.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § II-703

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 46590 (4/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated m accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(2), R.S. 40:5(A) and R.S. 40:31.15. Also see R.S. 17:170, R.S. 22:1030 and R.S. 44:17.