Requires employees at children's overnight camps, summer day camps and traveling summer day camps to receive immunizations that have been recommended by the department of health.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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738
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to immunization
requirements for certain camp employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring
4 each children's overnight camp, summer day camp and traveling summer day
5 camp to ensure that employees working at such camps be immunized against
6 mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, varicella, pertussis and tetanus.
7 This subdivision shall not apply to employees who hold genuine and
8 sincere religious beliefs which are contrary to the practices required
9 by this subdivision.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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