Rep. A. M. Morgan proposes the following amendment (LC-4124.VR0013H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 44-29-180(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

(A) No superintendent of an institution of learning, no school board or principal of a school, and no owner or operator of a public or private childcare facility as defined in Section 63-13-20 may admit as a pupil or enroll or retain a child or person who cannot produce satisfactory evidence of having been vaccinated or immunized so often as directed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control or its successor agency for the following vaccines/diseases: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus, influenzae type b, Pneumococcal conjugate, Hepatitis A, and Varicella. Any additional vaccines must be approved by the General Assembly. Records of vaccinations or immunizations must be maintained by the institution, school, or day care facility to which the child or person has been admitted.