§170.3. Immunization information; human papillomavirus

            A. Each city, parish, and other local public school board that provides information relative to immunizations shall provide to the parent or legal guardian of each student in grades six through twelve information relative to the risks associated with human papillomavirus and the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of immunization against human papillomavirus. The information shall describe the link between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer, the means by which human papillomavirus is spread, and where a person may be immunized against human papillomavirus. The information shall be updated annually if new information on human papillomavirus becomes available.

            B.(1) The Louisiana Department of Health shall develop and provide such information to the state Department of Education. The state Department of Education shall provide the information to each city, parish, and other local public school board that provides information relative to immunizations and educates students in grades six through twelve, which shall provide such information to each such student's parent or legal guardian pursuant to Subsection A of this Section. Such information shall include a form on which such student's parent or legal guardian may grant written permission for the student to receive such information directly.

            (2) The Louisiana Department of Health, the state Department of Education, and each such city, parish, and other local public school board shall determine respectively the most cost-effective and efficient means of distributing such information.

            C. The Louisiana Department of Health, in consultation with the state Department of Education, shall establish by rules and regulations adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act all guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions of this Section.

            D.(1) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any city, parish, or other local public school board, the state Department of Education, or the Louisiana Department of Health to provide or pay for immunizations against human papillomavirus.

            (2) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any person to be immunized against human papillomavirus.

            Acts 2008, No. 210, §1, eff. June 16, 2008.