# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 52 — Preventive Medicine

### Chapter 05 — Pertussis and Pertussis Vaccine

#### Regulation .03 Requirements of Local Health Officers.

*COMAR 10.52.05.03*

A. Upon receipt of notification of a major adverse reaction to a pertussis vaccine, the local health officer shall:

  (1) Notify and forward the morbidity report card to the Department within 24 hours; and

  (2) Assure that the necessary information to fill out a “Report of Adverse Event Following Immunization” is obtained.

B. At the time of completion, the report shall be submitted to the Department.