If all else fails contact your congressmen; I'd carry their contact numbers in your purse along with the following regs (look them up and print out the actual pages).
If you don't have it in writing it didn't happen. People WILL LIE to you to get you to go away.
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| She said regulation supports her in this. |
Everyone you have to talk to will tell you a different requirement.
Always demand (nicely) that they put their request in writing, reference the regulation, and sign their name to it.
I would file an ICE complaint against the nurse.
The sample letter I have below actually includes the Army regulations. JAG is usually useless in these situations.
The Army reg says, "A waiver of the immunization requirement must be approved in writing by the Chief, Preventive Medicine or
health consultant."
I might take the letter below, notarize it, and take it to nurse nasty.
Remember that you are a civilian, your children are civilians, and that they are not disease infested swamp things
). Also, as a civilian you can be Wiccan or Catholic and still be "opposed to the practice of immunization".
The Chaplain can govern the exemptions of service members but not dependents. If you have a sympathetic person in your dh's chain of command you may want to take them to any meetings; in any case you will want a witness and to write down what they have told you immediately afterwards.
[quote]MOTHERING THREADhttp://www.mothering.com/discussions/member.php?u=51507DODEA
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http://www.dodea.edu/foia/iod/pdf/1005_1.pdf
Link not current; I believe it is DODI 6205.1 Immunization Requirements for DoD Dependants Schools, Section 6 Schools and Day Care Centers Operated by DoD, though I've also seen it referenced DOD Directive 1342.6/DoDEA Instruction 6205.1 .
On page 70 (section 18.2):
"18.2.1.3 Religious — A student’s parent/sponsor may claim exemption from the DoDEA immunization requirements for religious reasons. If the parent maintains the need to continue the religious exemption during a documented outbreak of a contagious disease, the student will be excluded from school for his/her protection and the safety of the other students until the contagious period is over. Religious exemptions require a written statement from the parent/sponsor stating that he/she objects to the vaccination based upon personal beliefs. " |
and...
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Paragraph 3-2.b.(4) at the bottom of page 10 of this document:
http://www.vaccines.mil/documents/969r40_562.pdfIt specifically states, "(4) Department of Defense schoolteachers, daycare center workers, and children attending DOD–sponsored schools
and daycare centers or similar facilities on military installations. " |
ARMY
Army Regulation 40–562
BUMEDINST 6230.15A
AFJI 48–110
CG COMDTINST M6230.4F
http://www.vaccines.mil/documents/969r40_562.pdf
pg. 10, section 3.2, para 4 says:
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| In addition, all other age appropriate ACIP–recommended vaccines for children are required unless there is documentation of previous immunization, religious exemption, or medical contraindication. |
Army Regulation 608-10
http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r608_10.pdf
4-6
(2) A waiver of the immunization requirement must be approved in writing by the Chief, Preventive Medicine or
health consultant. Parents must be counseled that children with waivers will be excluded from the program in the event
of vaccine preventable communicable disease outbreak.
C–37. Compliance item 15.
c. Equivalency. A waiver of immunizations signed by Chief, Preventive Medicine may be considered for religious
convictions. Parents must be counseled that the child may be excluded during an outbreak of vaccine preventable
communicable disease.
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To whom it may concern;
(We / I) {First and Last name(s)}, as the {(parent (s) / guardian(s)} of ______________________(name of newborn child) are exercising (our/my) rights under the US Constitution, Army Regulation 40-562, BUMEDINST 6230.15A, AF JI 48-110, CG COMDTINST M6230.4F , section 3.2, para4, and Army Regulation 608-10, section 4-6, para 2, to receive Religious Exemption from Vaccination, due to our genuine and sincere religious beliefs which are contrary to the practices herein required.
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Frazee V. Illinois Dept. of Security, 489 U.S. 829, that a religious belief is subject to protection even though no religious group espouses such beliefs or the fact that the religious group to which the individual professes to belong may not advocate or require such belief. This ruling is also reflected in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended Nov. 1, 1980; Part 1605.1-Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Religion.
Sincerely,
Your signature.
Date |
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Remember that you can file ICE reports online for ANY bad and good experiences you have at any military facility (military doctor, the commissary, exchange, etc.). They will always follow up on your report and try to remedy the situation. The ICE system is done through DOD and stands for Interactive Customer Evaluation."
http://ice.disa.mil/
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. I'm out for blood now I'm finished being rational and I am finished with the bullying.
