Availability
The WSMA supports appropriation of funds by the state legislature to
enable the State Health Department 1) to purchase sufficient doses of the
routinely recommended childhood vaccines to allow immunization of all
children in Washington State according to the recommendations of the
Committee on Immunization Practices Advisory Committee of the Public
Health Service, and 2) to enable the State Health Department to distribute
such vaccines to physicians' offices and to local health departments for
administration to children. (Res 45, A-89; Res 12, C-86) (Reaffirmed A-23)
The WSMA supports coordinated efforts with the Department of Health in
developing means of assuring a closer approach to universal up-to-date
immunization of all children attending day care facilities in this state.
(Res 49, A-90) (Reaffirmed A-23)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services