Legality of adding vaccination record to the US CDC Covid card yourself

Question

I'm a US resident and got my main Covid vaccinations in the US recorded on the US CDC card. I also got one booster shot abroad and would like to have it added to my US CDC card to have all my shots documented in one place. I talked to various Health Care providers (primary care, vaccination provider, etc) but they all just stare blankly and don't know what to do.

Questions:

1. Would it be legal for me to transcribe the booster shot myself? It's not faking anything since the vaccination did actually happen (and I have a record for it).
2. If it's illegal, who can do this legally and how can I get them to actually engage?
3. Is there a different way to (legally) combine Covid vaccination records from different countries into a single record ?

Update: The point of having a single record would be to a) have it all in English, and b) optimized for international travel. Many airlines allow uploading vaccination documentation but typically there is only one upload allowed.

Answer 1

The vaccine card doesn't have a specific legal status under US law. There are federal laws against fraud which would encompass vaccine card fraud, but tidying up disparate notices into a single notice is not fraudulent (there is no attempt to deceive), as long as you don't falsify signatures, seals, or specific information.

From a practical perspective, though, the official vaccination record from your state is a better and more official way to have a single proof of vaccination. There is probably no practical way to transport vaccinations from a foreign country into the US system, but that is a question best asked on Travel, since it's not about the law, it's about quasi-legal mandates authorized under broad laws that say "in an emergency, the government can stipulate necessary rules".

Answer 2

There's no possible way anyone can verify the information on the hand written CDC card. Literally anyone could make up anything and use the card to show proof. The only possibility of anyone knowing it was transcribed by you is if you tell them.

Answer 3

Creating a fraudulent card in the US is illegal. This doesn't apply to your question but it is one I have investigated. The provider did not fill in a history on my wife's second shot. The provider, our primary care doctor, and the local health authorities have no idea how to fill in the line on the paper document but they are united on saying we can't fill in the date ourselves. Location is Maryland and the shot was given by a Johns Hopkins provider.