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Required Vaccines

If your state allows exemption from vaccines for school (I'm in Ohio, we allow good cause, religious and medical exemption) do you readily provide info that parents have the option to exempt their kids or only offer the info to parents who ask about it on their own? If that makes sense. 

I put a short little sentence in the letter I send home "If you wish to exempt your student, please contact the school nurse and a form will be provided to you." I am very PRO vaccine but also feel like parents should know their options because I do have a few kids who are truly medically exempt right now. I'll attach the waiver form I use. 

MCV4 Immunization Exemption Form

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    In MA, we only allow medical and religious exemptions. Medicals need to be accompanied by a letter from their physician, religious exemptions are just a letter from the parent. We don't have a form, so if I suspect a family is anti-vax, I let them know I need the religious exemption letter EVERY YEAR and instruct them to do a Google search for the language. It is literally a 1-2 sentence document, and for some people, it is weirdly difficult for them to produce it each year. 

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    In SC we only allow Medical and Religious exemptions. Medical is on our state immunization form (there's a box the doctor fills out). Religious can only be obtained from the health department. We enforce vaccines but also want the kid in school. I'm a middle school nurse so our big vaccine is the TDap for 7th graders. If it means a kid being excluded from school then we will mention the religious exemption but that is rare. Most of the parents know or find out about that option from social media anyway. 

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