Parents can ask for a medical exemption if a vaccine wouldn't be safe for their child. Reasons that children can get an exemption include: They have a disease or take medicine that weakens their immune system. They have a severe allergy to a vaccine or an ingredient in it.
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.
Medical exemption - A signed, completed medical exemption form approved by the NYSDOH or NYC Department of Education from a physician licensed to practice medicine in NYS certifying that immunization may be detrimental to the child's health, containing sufficient information to identify a medical contraindication to a ...
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 ...
New York removed its religious exemption option in 2019. Parent/guardian must submit request signed by a health care provider or obtain a certificate after viewing an educational module to receive a non-medical exemption.
Student Statement: In the space below, please describe the following: (1) your sincerely held religious belief or practice that is the basis for your request for a religious accommodation; and, (2) how your sincerely held religious belief or practice conflicts with the New York State Vaccination Requirements.
I/we hereby assert that the immunization of this student would be contrary to the religious beliefs of this child. Therefore, this child shall be exempt from the required immunizations under New Jersey administrative Code N.J.A.C.
The only children who do not require vaccination are those with medical exemptions. There are no religious exemptions for vaccination requirements in New York.
A request for medical exemption to immunization must be completed annually on the NYSDOH Medical Exemption Statement, (Request for Medical Exemption_SY22-23 (nyc) for New York City (NYC) schools) and signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in NYS certifying that the immunization “may be detrimental” to ...