The state’s private and parochial schools would have been able to set their own requirements for vaccines. Under current law, children must have a medical reason for being exempt from vaccine requirements. The bill also would have revamped the state’s medical exemption process.
Current law requires the medical provider of a family seeking a medical exemption to provide documentation of the medical need for the exemption to the state immunization officer for approval.
The bill would have allowed families to obtain a written statement for an exemption for a vaccination requirement from their licensed physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, if that health care provider determines it is or may be detrimental to the child’s health or not appropriate.
