36-671. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Department" means the department of health services.
2. " Director" means the director of the department of health services.
3. " Documentary proof" means written evidence that a pupil has been immunized or has laboratory evidence of immunity which conforms with the standards promulgated pursuant to section 15-872.
4. " Dose" means the number in a series of immunizations which may be prescribed pursuant to section 36-672.
5. " Health agency" means a local health department or similar governmental agency established pursuant to the laws of another state or country and its officers and employees.
6. " Immunization" means the process of inoculation with a specific antigen to promote antibody formation in the body.
7. " Immunized" means the required initial immunization and boosters or reimmunization prescribed pursuant to section 36-672.
8. " Laboratory evidence of immunity" means written evidence of serologic confirmation of the presence of specific antibodies against an immunization-preventable disease which is signed by a physician or an authorized representative of a health agency.
9. " Local health department" means local health departments established pursuant to chapter 1, article 4 of this title.
10. " Physician" means a person licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, 17 or 29 or a person licensed to practice allopathic or osteopathic medicine under the laws of another state or country.
11. " Pupil" means a person who is eligible to receive instruction at a school and includes pre-kindergarten age children receiving either services for children with disabilities or day care on a school campus otherwise exempt from day care rules pursuant to section 36-884.
12. " School" means a public, private or parochial school that offers instruction at any level or grade through twelfth grade, except for day care facilities regulated pursuant to chapter 7.1 of this title.
13. " School administrator" means the principal or person having general daily control and supervision of the school or that person's designee.
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