(a) The department of health shall create a plan to protect young Tennesseans against Hepatitis B by immunization and to prevent the spread of the disease.
(b) The department shall also promulgate the necessary rules to add Hepatitis B to the schedule of immunizations required for kindergarten entry.
Acts 1997, ch. 306, §§ 2, 3.
Compiler's Notes. Acts 1997, ch. 306, § 1 provided that this section shall be known as the “Hepatitis B Protection by Immunization Act.”