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TITLE EIGHTEEN. HEALTH
PART 2. PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
SUBCHAPTER 4. IMMUNIZATION
18 V.S.A. § 1121 (2006)
§ 1121. Immunizations required prior to attending school
No person may enroll as a student in a Vermont school, regardless of whether the student has been enrolled in the school during a previous school year, unless the appropriate school official has received a record or certificate of immunization issued by a licensed physician or a health clinic that the person has received required immunizations appropriate to age as specified by the Vermont department of health.
18 V.S.A. § 1122 (2006) § 1122. Exemptions
(a) A person may remain in school without a required immunization
(1) If the person, or in the case of a minor the person's parent or guardian presents a written statement from a licensed physician, health clinic or nurse that the person is in the process of being immunized. The person may continue to attend school as long as the immunization process is being accomplished,
(2) If a physician, licensed to practice in Vermont, certifies in writing that a specific immunization is or may be detrimental to the person's health or is not appropriate,
(3) If the person, or in the case of a minor the person's parent or guardian states in writing that the person, parent or guardian has religious beliefs or moral convictions opposed to immunization.
(b) The health department may provide by rule for further exemptions to immunization based upon sound medical practice.
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