So I am trying to figure out if my son can go to public school becasue we unfortunately gave him a DTaP vaccine when he was 9mo before he started with his allergies and stomach issues and I won't vaccinate him on the complete schedule. Do I have to give all the vaccines to get him into public school?? That seems so crazy to me. I was reading about exemptions and he won't qualitfy for the religious exemption because we did the one vaccine, but how about the doctor exemption? I think my osteopath would give us one if we asked:) Thanks for the advice!!
Â
Here is the law from what I understand:
The law allows (a) parents/guardians to choose exemptions from immunization requirements based on their personal beliefs, and (b) physicians of children to elect medical exemptions. The law does not allow parents/guardians to elect an exemption simply because of inconvenience (a record is lost or incomplete and it is too much trouble to go to a physician or clinic to correct the problem.) See the back of the blue California School Immunization Record (PM 286) for instructions and the affidavit to be signed by parents/guardians electing the personal beliefs exemption. For children with medical exemptions, the physician's written statement should be stapled to the CSIR. Schools should maintain an up-to-date list of pupils with exemptions, so they can be excluded quickly if an outbreak occurs.






