Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 6000 - Definitions and Abbreviations

(a) "Admission" means a pupil's first attendance in a school or pre-kindergarten facility or re-entry after withdrawing from a previous enrollment.

(1) "Unconditional admission" is admission based upon documented receipt of all required immunizations for the pupil's age or grade, in accordance with section 6025, except for those immunizations:

(A) permanently exempted for medical reasons in accordance with section 6051, or

(B) exempted for personal beliefs in accordance with Health and Safety Code section 120335.

(2) "Conditional admission" is provisional admission for a pupil who has received some but not all required immunizations and is not due for any vaccine dose at the time of admission in accordance with sections 6035 and 6050.

(b) "Governing authority" is defined in section 120335 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) The following are abbreviations for immunizations:

(1) "DTaP" means diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine.

(2) "DTP" means diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis vaccine.

(3) "Tdap" means tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine.

(4) "Td" means tetanus toxoid and reduced diphtheria toxoid vaccine.

(5) "Hep B" means hepatitis B vaccine.

(6) "Hib" means Haemophilus influenzae, type b vaccine.

(7) "IPV" means inactivated polio vaccine.

(8) "OPV" means oral polio vaccine.

(9) "MMR" means measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.

(10) "MMRV" means measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine.

(d) "Kindergarten" means a school program or class prior to first grade, including a transitional kindergarten program.

(e) "K-12" means kindergarten through twelfth grade.

(f) "Licensed physician" means either of the following:

(1) An individual who holds a "physician's and surgeon's certificate" issued by the Medical Board of California to practice medicine in California pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, or

(2) An individual who holds an "osteopathic physician's and surgeon's certificate" issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to practice medicine in California pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.

(g) "Parent or guardian" means, for a

(1) Minor: the adult(s) legally responsible for the pupil's care and custody, or

(2) Emancipated minor: the pupil.

(h) "Pre-kindergarten facility" means any private or public child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, pre-school, or development center for young children.

(i) "Pupil" means a person admitted to or seeking admission to any school or pre-kindergarten facility.

(j) "Pupil's record" means, for:

(1) Pre-kindergarten, any information relative to an individual pupil gathered within or without the pre-kindergarten facility and maintained within the pre-kindergarten facility, regardless of the physical form in which it is maintained, or

(2) K-12, a record as defined in section of Title 5430 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

(k) "School" means any private or public kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school.

(l) "The Department" means the California Department of Public Health.

(m) For purposes of this Article, "vaccine" means an immunization administered in the United States of America or other countries that is recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the prevention of the respective diseases identified in section 120335 of the Health and Safety Code.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 6000

1. Repealer and new Subchapter 8 (Sections 6000-6075) filed 3-22-78 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 12). For history of former Subchapter 8, see Registers 61, No. 25; 62, No. 16; 63, No. 17; 66, No. 7; and 72, No. 11.
2. Repealer and new Subchapter 8 (Sections 6000-6075) filed 7-28-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 30).
3. Amendment filed 2-3-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 6).
4. Amendment of subchapter 8 heading, section and NOTE filed 3-29-96; operative 4-28-96 (Register 96, No. 13).
5. Editorial correction amending subchapter 8 heading (Register 97, No. 42).
6. Amendment of subchapter heading, article heading, section heading, section and NOTE filed 4-20-2018; operative 7-1-2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2018, No. 16).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 120330 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 49061, Education Code; and Sections 120335, 120340, 120360, 120370, 120375, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.

1. Repealer and new Subchapter 8 (Sections 6000-6075) filed 3-22-78 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 12). For history of former Subchapter 8, see Registers 61, No. 25; 62, No. 16; 63, No. 17; 66, No. 7; and 72, No. 11.
2. Repealer and new Subchapter 8 (Sections 6000-6075) filed 7-28-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 30).
3. Amendment filed 2-3-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 6).
4. Amendment of subchapter 8 heading, section and Note filed 3-29-96; operative 4-28-96 (Register 96, No. 13).
5. Editorial correction amending subchapter 8 heading (Register 97, No. 42).
6. Amendment of subchapter heading, article heading, section heading, section and Note filed 4-20-2018; operative 7/1/2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2018, No. 16).