Lock Your California Immunization Registry (CAIR) Today ~ Starting January 1, 2023 All Children’s Vaccines Go Into Database

Lock your California Immunization Registry Data Today!

With the passing of AB 1797, beginning January 1, 2023, all vaccines administered in California will be required to be entered into the CA Immunization Registry (CAIR).  To note: vaccinations from a different state or country are not input into CAIR, unless your CA medical provider manually inputs them.

Per existing CAIR law, under Health & Safety Code §120440, all patients, parents, and guardians must be made aware that California medical providers will submit patient vaccination records and tuberculosis (Tb) test results into CAIR for access by medical care providers and other authorized CAIR users.  

There is nothing a patient or parent can do to stop this data input. There is no way to opt-in or opt-out or completely remove vaccination or Tb information from CAIR. 

The only option currently available in California is to “lock” your/your child’s CAIR vaccine records. 

If you “lock” your child’s CAIR vaccine records, authorized users, that require vaccine information to participate (like schools, colleges, childcare facilities, adult care sites, Foster Care programs, CalWorks and other entities) will not be able to access your child’s vaccine records and the vaccine data will stay in CAIR. If needed, it could be accessed by your physician and the California Department of Public Health.

If you lock the information, entities must get your permission to look it up.

The only entity able to access your locked data is the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

Christina Hildebrand answers many questions on the bill in a Q&A session, which you can view here:

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