                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 22.1-271.1)

For the purpose of § 22.1-271.2:
		&#8220;Admit&#8221; or &#8220;admission&#8221; means the official enrollment
or reenrollment for attendance at any grade level, whether full-time or
part-time, of any student by any school.
		&#8220;Admitting official&#8221; means the school principal or his designated
representative if a public school; if a nonpublic school or child-care center,
the principal, headmaster or director of the school or center.
		&#8220;Documentary proof&#8221; means written certification that a student has
been immunized, such certificate to be on a form provided by the State
Department of Health and signed by the licensed immunizing physician or an
employee of the immunizing local health department.
		&#8220;Student&#8221; means any person who seeks admission to a school, or for
whom admission to a school is sought by a parent or guardian, and who will not
have attained the age of 20 years by the start of the school term for which
admission is sought.
		&#8220;Immunized&#8221; or &#8220;immunization&#8221; means initial
immunization and any boosters or reimmunizations required by § 32.1-46.
		&#8220;School&#8221; means (i) any public school from kindergarten through
grade 12 operated under the authority of any locality within the Commonwealth,
(ii) any private or religious school that offers instruction at any level or
grade from kindergarten through grade twelve, and (iii) any private or religious
nursery school or preschool, or any private or religious child-care center
required to be licensed by the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 510; 1983, c. 433; 2005, c. 928.