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What exemptions to immunizations are allowed in North Carolina? North Carolina law provides for two types of exemptions from required immunizations. They are medical and religious.

There are 45 states and Washington D.C. that grant religious exemptions for people who have religious objections to immunizations.

A religious exemption is a legal privilege that exempts members of a certain religion from a law, regulation, or requirement.

It is morally wrong to receive a vaccine that used fetal cells in the development stage—the most commonly cited religious objection to the vaccines; The body is a temple that should not receive foreign or unnatural substances, and God will protect the body from sickness; and.

Children who are not vaccinated can transmit vaccine- preventable diseases at schools and in the community. Unvaccinated children can infect babies who are too young to be fully immunized. Unvaccinated children can infect people of any age who can't be immunized for medical reasons.

It is morally wrong to receive a vaccine that used fetal cells in the development stage—the most commonly cited religious objection to the vaccines; The body is a temple that should not receive foreign or unnatural substances, and God will protect the body from sickness; and.

All states allow exemptions for medical reasons, and almost all states (except California, Mississippi and West Virginia) grant religious or philosophical exemptions for people who have sincerely held beliefs that prohibit immunizations.

The Form is issued ONLY by county health departments and ONLY for a child who is not immunized because of his/her family's religious tenets or practices. Religious exemption from immunization requirements is located at: .floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/immunization/schoolguide.pdf.