State school immunization requirements and vaccine exemption laws

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• Personal Author:
  Hoss, Aila ; Bhatti, Alexandra ; Schmit, Cason ; Penn, Matthew S. ; Rothschild, Karen
• Corporate Authors:
  Public Health Law Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)) ; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support.
• Description:
  Published March 27, 2015. Updated February 2017.
  
  State laws establish vaccination requirements for school children. These vaccination laws often apply not only to children attending public schools but also to those attending private schools and day care facilities. State laws also offer exemptions to school vaccination requirements, including medical, religious, and philosophical exemptions or some combination of these exemptions.
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Public Health Law Program (PHLP) is compiling a list of state statutes and regulations regarding school vaccinations. This document summarizes state vaccination laws compiled in February and March 2015 and updated in February 2017. The recent updates reflect feedback from state health department staff who reached out to PHLP; therefore, this document may not reflect all changes that have occurred since March 2015.
  
  Includes a polar graph visualization of state exemption laws.
  
  school-vaccinations.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Attitude To Health Immunization Program Legislation As Topic Mandatory Programs Public Policy School Admission Criteria Schools Vaccination
• Pages in Document:
  19 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0c46b4cdc60473b2fc787a056db0fbc4b580aee7903ebd38c85450bad280271e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45487/cdc_45487_DS1.pdf
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