Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 1.djvu/665

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PUBLIC LAW 103-66 —AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 639 available ¥dth respect to the cost of the pediatric vaccine. "(3) STATE VACCINE-ELIGIBLE CHILD.— The tenn 'State vaccine-eligible child' means, ¥dth respect to a State and a qualified pediatric vaccine, a child who is within a class of children for which the State is purchasing the vaccine pursuant to subsection (d)(4)(B). "(c) PROGRAM-REGISTERED PROVIDERS.— "(1) DEFINED. — In this section, except as otherwise provided, the term 'program-registered provider* means, with respect to a State, any health care provider that^ "(A) is Ucensed or otherwise authorized for administration of pediatric vaccines under the law of the State in which the administration occurs (subject to section 333(e) of the Public Health Service Act), without regard to whether or not the provider participates in the plan under this title; "(B) submits to the State an executed provider agreement described in paragraph (2); and "(C) has not been found, by the Secretary or the State, to have violated such agreement or other applicable requirements established by the Secretary or the State consistent with this section. "(2) PROVIDER AGREEMENT. — A provider agreement for a provider under this paragraph is an agreement (in such form and manner as the Secretary may require) that the provider agrees as follows: "(A)(i) Before administering a qualified pediatric vaccine to a child, the provider will ask a parent of the child such questions as are necessary to determine whether the child is a vaccine-eligible child, but the provider need not independently verify the answers to such questions. "(ii) The provider will, for a period of time specified by the Secretary, maintain recor(b of responses made to the questions. (iii) The provider will, upon request, make such records available to the State and to the Secretary, subject to section 1902(a)(7). "(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the provider will comply with the schedule, regarding the appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications applicable to pediatric vaccines, that is established and periodically reviewed and, as appropriate, revised by the advisory committee referred to in subsection (e), except in such cases as, in the provider's medical jud^ent suoiect to accepted medic€Q practice, such compliance is medically inappropriate. "(ii) The provider will provide pediatric vaccines in compliance with applicable State law, including any such law relating to any religious or other exemption. "(C)(i) In administering a qualified pediatric vaccine to a vaccine-eligible child, the provider will not impose a charge for the cost of the vaccine. A program-registered provider is not required under this section to administer such a vaccine to each child for whom an immunization with the vaccine is soughtfiromthe provider. "(ii) The provider may impose a fee for the administration of a qualified pediatric vaccine so long as the fee