ORS 433.271: Thimerosal prohibited in school entry immunizations provided by Oregon Health Authority; exceptions.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The Oregon Health Authority may not purchase or distribute a pediatric vaccine necessary for school entry immunization requirements if the vaccine contains thimerosal, unless thimerosal is detectable only in trace amounts or no other vaccine for the same purpose is commercially available in a form that does not contain thimerosal. The authority may purchase and distribute a pediatric vaccine that contains thimerosal if no other vaccine for the same purpose is commercially available in a form that does not contain thimerosal. [2001 c.720 §2; 2009 c.595 §653]
Official history and status
History: Note: 433.271 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 433 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 333-024-1000: Newborn Screening: Purpose — implements
- OAR 333-024-1000: Newborn Screening: Purpose — authority
- OAR 333-024-1010: Newborn Screening: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-024-1010: Newborn Screening: Definitions — authority
- OAR 333-024-1030: Newborn Screening: Timing for Collecting Specimens — implements
- OAR 333-024-1030: Newborn Screening: Timing for Collecting Specimens — authority
- OAR 333-024-1040: Newborn Screening: Manner of Collecting and Submitting Specimens — implements
- OAR 333-024-1040: Newborn Screening: Manner of Collecting and Submitting Specimens — authority
- OAR 333-024-1050: Newborn Screening: Religious or Philosophical Exemption from Newborn Testing — implements
- OAR 333-024-1050: Newborn Screening: Religious or Philosophical Exemption from Newborn Testing — authority
- OAR 333-024-1070: Newborn Screening: The Newborn Bloodspot Screening Panel of Tests — implements
- OAR 333-024-1070: Newborn Screening: The Newborn Bloodspot Screening Panel of Tests — authority
- OAR 333-024-1080: Newborn Screening: Result Reporting and Follow-up — implements
- OAR 333-024-1080: Newborn Screening: Result Reporting and Follow-up — authority
- OAR 333-024-1090: Newborn Screening: Use, Release and Retention of Residual Specimens — implements
- OAR 333-024-1090: Newborn Screening: Use, Release and Retention of Residual Specimens — authority
- OAR 333-050-0210: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-050-0220: Exempt Children’s Facility and Schools — implements
- OAR 333-050-0230: Documentation Requirements to Attend a Children’s Facility or School — implements
- OAR 333-050-0240: Immunization Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-050-0250: Documentation of Immunizations — implements
- OAR 333-050-0260: Immunity Documentation — implements
- OAR 333-050-0270: Record of Immunization Exemptions — implements
- OAR 333-050-0280: Primary Review of Records — implements
- OAR 333-050-0290: Secondary Review of Records — implements
- OAR 333-050-0300: Children’s Facility or School Immunization Tracking Systems — implements
- OAR 333-050-0310: Child Exclusion from School and Children’s Facility Attendance — implements
- OAR 333-050-0320: Requests to Review Exclusion Orders — implements
- OAR 333-050-0330: Updating Immunization Report Forms; Local Health Department Review — implements
- OAR 333-050-0340: Vaccine Shortages — implements
- OAR 333-050-0350: School/Facility Compliance and Civil Penalties — implements
- OAR 333-050-0360: Updating Records — implements
- OAR 333-050-0370: Validation Surveys — implements
- OAR 333-050-0380: Annual Reporting Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-050-0390: Second Dose Measles in Post Secondary Educational Institutions — implements
- OAR 333-050-0400: Second Dose Measles in Community Colleges — implements
- OAR 333-050-0410: Vaccine Education Module — implements
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors433.html