This is a multi-state form covering the subject matter of the title.
This is a multi-state form covering the subject matter of the title.
Pediatricians and other health care providers may decide it is in their best interest to formally document a parent's refusal to accept vaccinations/immunizations for a minor child. This form, which should not be considered a legal document without advice from a lawyer, may be used for such documentation.
California removed its personal and religious exemption option in 2015. Parent/guradian must complete an online educational module to receive a non-medical exemption. Connecticut removed its religious exemption option in 2021.
A sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance that conflicts with an individual's ability to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Overall, adults aged ≥18 years who did not get a 2023–24 flu vaccine most commonly reported the following reasons for not getting one: lack of concern about getting sick (36.8%), choosing not to get any vaccine (28.2%), belief that the vaccine can't prevent infection (19.2%), concern about serious/unknown side effects ...
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.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not cover federal employees or independent contractors. However, federal employees are protected against discrimination by other federal anti-discrimination laws.
Title VII Challenges to Vaccination Mandates Title VII requires employers to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and practices unless doing so creates an “undue hardship” for the employer's business.
I, __________________________________ am requesting a religious exemption from vaccination against the disease(s) or condition(s) marked below. I understand that this exemption is allowed solely for sincerely held religious beliefs and not for political, social, or other personal views.
Objection to vaccination was also related to: faith in divine protection and healing for Protestants, Catholics, Jewish and Muslims (10); the use of aborted fetal cells for vaccines' production among Amish and Catholic communities (including during the COVID-19 outbreak when Senior Catholic leaders from the US and ...
Moral or ethical beliefs about what is right and wrong that are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views may meet the definition of a sincerely held religious belief.