[Ord. No. 12-058 §2, 8-3-2012]
In order to protect the community and its inhabitants from contagious
diseases including, but not limited to, tuberculosis, hepatitis, varicella,
measles, mumps, rubella, polio, shingles, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis
and influenza, the Department of Community Health and the Environment
through its Division of Public Health shall perform the services of
testing individuals for such diseases or immunizing individuals against
them or counseling individuals on immunizations required for travelers.
Such services shall be conducted only under the guidelines of the
Center for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
and the standing orders of a physician duly licensed by the State
of Missouri, as appropriate.
[Ord. No. 12-058 §2, 8-3-2012]
A.
The Department is authorized to establish fees to recover the costs of tests or immunizations authorized by Section 236.001 as provided in this Section.
2.
The
Department shall review and recalculate the above fees periodically
and repost them promptly at the Department's premises and on its website,
as follows:
a.
The
Department shall recalculate the administrative fee during the first
five (5) days in January of each year, to ensure that it is based
solely on recovering the Department's costs; and
b.
The
Department shall review and recalculate its various vaccine fees during
the first five (5) days of January and during the first five (5) days
of July of each year, to ensure that such fees are based on the average
cost of a dose of a given vaccine based on the costs of that vaccine
currently in the Department's inventory.
B.
The Department
is authorized to charge the following fee for travel immunization
counseling: Twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
