(a) In this section:
(1) “Applicant” means an individual who files an application for certification or recertification as emergency medical services personnel under § 773.055.
(2) “Immunization registry” means the immunization registry established under § 161.007.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system under which the Health and Human Services Commission provides an applicant immunization information. The system must require the commission to provide:
(1) if the applicant’s immunization history is included in the immunization registry, written notice of the applicant’s immunization history, using information from the immunization registry; or
(2) if the applicant’s immunization history is not included in the immunization registry, the following information:
(A) details about the program developed under § 161.00707; and
(B) the specific risks to emergency medical services personnel when responding rapidly to an emergency of exposure to and infection by a potentially serious or deadly communicable disease that an immunization may prevent.