2015
Regular Session
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS IN ORDER FOR THE CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO CLAIM AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR MEDICAL REASONS, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST PRESENT A STATEMENT FROM THE CHILD'S PHYSICIAN STATING THAT THE REQUIRED VACCINE IS MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED OR POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE CHILD OR ANY MEMBER OF THE CHILD'S HOUSEHOLD; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT ON AN EXEMPTION FORM PROVIDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FORM FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS MUST CONTAIN A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN UNDERSTANDS THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF VACCINATIONS AND THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF NOT BEING VACCINATED, AND MUST CONTAIN A SECTION WHERE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN CAN LIST THE SPECIFIC VACCINATION OR VACCINATIONS FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION APPLIES; TO PROVIDE THAT EXEMPTIONS FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS WILL BE VALID FOR ONE YEAR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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