First I found this on CDC LAIV and shot vx consent forms...
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-laiv-h1n1.pdf8 Vaccine injury compensation If you or your child has a reaction to the vaccine, your ability to sue is limited by law. However, a federal program has been created to help pay for the medical care and other specific expenses of certain persons who have a serious reaction to this vaccine. For more information about this program, call 1-888-275-4772 or visit the program’s website at:
http://www.hrsa.gov/countermeasurescomp/default.htm.If you can read through the below and find more relevant info, I'd appreciate it since legalese makes my head hurt. I put main webpage and then the legalese linked there.
Main webpage
http://www.hrsa.gov/countermeasurescomp/countermeasures.htmhttp://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-23844.htmblah blah blah legalese blah blah blah
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V. Population (as Required by Section 319F-3(b)(2)(C) of the Act)
Section 319F-3(a)(4)(A) confers immunity to manufacturers and
distributors of the Covered Countermeasure, regardless of the defined
population.
Section 319F-3(a)(3)(C)(i) confers immunity to covered persons who
could be program planners or qualified persons with respect to the
Covered Countermeasure only if a member of the population specified in
the Declaration administers or uses the Covered Countermeasure and is
in or connected to the geographic location specified in this
Declaration, or the program planner or qualified person reasonably
could have believed that these conditions were met.
The populations specified in this Declaration are the following:
(1) All persons who use a Covered Countermeasure or to whom such a
Covered Countermeasure is administered as an Investigational New Drug
in a human clinical trial conducted directly by the Federal Government,
or pursuant to a contract, grant or cooperative agreement with the
Federal Government; (2) all persons who use a Covered Countermeasure or
to whom such a Countermeasure is administered in a pre-pandemic phase,
as defined below; and/or (3) all persons who use a Covered
Countermeasure, or to whom such a Covered Countermeasure is
administered in a pandemic phase, as defined below.
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