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Student immunization database available
As of March 1, 2007,
the South Dakota Department of Health’s Immunization Program
will offer access to the South Dakota Immunization Information
System to public schools in South Dakota.
The SDIIS is a
centralized computer system that allows health care providers to
share immunization records. The information shared includes the
child’s name, sex, date of birth, social security number (if
available) and immunization record. As written in South Dakota’s
Codified Law, 34-22-12.5, anyone who fails to protect the
confidentiality of the data in the SDIIS is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.
School districts interested
in obtaining access to the SDIIS should contact Tammy LeBeau,
South Dakota Department of Health, at (605) 773-4783 by Feb. 15,
2007.
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