Source: http://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements/california.aspx
Timestamp: 2015-10-04 12:45:17
Document Index: 554076515

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 27', '§ 48216', 'art 2', 'ART 2', '§ 120325', '§ 120335', '§ 120360', '§ 120370', '§ 6000', '§ 6020', '§ 6025', '§ 6051', '§ 6060', 'ART 2', '§ 120390']

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Quick Facts and Resources for California Residents
Quick Fact: On June 30, 2015 Governor Brown signed SB 277 and personal and religious belief exemptions will not be allowed in California, effective July 1, 2016. However, if a parent files a letter or affidavit stating beliefs opposed to immunization prior to Jan. 1, 2016 that exemption will apply until the next grade span. For more information, please read the statute here, and register and log into NVIC's Advocacy Portal for updates. To understand options available to Californians please read NVIC’s Newsletter Article - The Fallout from California SB277: What Happens Next? In 2011 a new law was passed which allows minors 12 years old and older to consent to vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases without the knowledge or consent of their parents. This includes HPV vaccine. Other Resources: Many vaccination and exemption information links are date specific. If the links below have expired, click on the state's department of health, or immunization program link provided below, as they are likely to provide links to updated information. The General Information link leads to the overview page provided by the state at the time of this webpage's update and may also be helpful. Please email NVIC with broken link information. K-12 School Information General Information
Exemption Information (see Lead Story: Governor Signs SB277 into Law) & Waiver Higher Ed General Information
Vaccination Requirements & Exemption Information: Request college/university of choice for their Proof of Immunization Compliance, as private colleges may have their own requirements. Exemption Information
Vaccination Requirements Exemption Information (see Lead Story: Governor Signs SB277 into Law) & Waiver Other State Resources
State of California Legislature – see applicable statutes and their hyperlinks below. Visit NVIC’s Advocacy Portal for information on legislation introduced impacting vaccine exemption rights. State of California Department of Health
State of California Immunization Program
State of California Immunization Registry Information
State of California Immunization Registry Opt-Out Form The information contained on NVIC's web pages is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be medical or legal advice. Those seeking medical or legal advice should obtain the services of a competent attorney, physician or qualified health care professional. Although NVIC continually updates our website, state laws and rules change frequently and consumers are ultimately responsible for verifying their state's vaccination and exemption laws and requirements.
California Department of Health Services, Division of Communicable Disease Control- Immunization Branch:
EDUCATION CODE TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION DIVISION 4. Instruction and Services PART 27. Pupils CHAPTER 2. Compulsory Education Law ARTICLE 2. Persons Excluded
Cal Ed Code § 48216. Exclusion of pupil who has not been immunized; Notice to parents
(a) The county office of education or the governing board of the school district of attendance shall exclude any pupil who has not been immunized properly pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 120325) of Part 2 of Division 105 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) The governing board of the district shall notify the parent or guardian of the pupil that they have two weeks to supply evidence either that the pupil has been properly immunized, or that the pupil is exempted from the immunization requirement pursuant to Section 120365 or 120370 of the Health and Safety Code (c) The governing board of the district, in the notice, shall refer the parent or guardian of the pupil to the pupil's usual source of medical care to obtain the immunization, or if no usual source exists, either refer the parent or guardian to the county health department, or notify the parent or guardian that the immunizations will be administered at a school of the district.
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE DIVISION 105. Communicable Disease Prevention And Control PART 2. Immunizations CHAPTER 1. Educational and Child Care Facility Immunization Requirements
Cal Health & Saf Code § 120325. Legislative intent In enacting this chapter, but excluding Section 120380, and in enacting Sections 120400, 120405, 120410, and 120415, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide:
(a) A means for the eventual achievement of total immunization of appropriate age groups against the following childhood diseases: (1) Diphtheria. (2) Hepatitis B. (3) Haemophilus influenzae type b. (4) Measles. (5) Mumps. (6) Pertussis (whooping cough). (7) Poliomyelitis. (8) Rubella. (9) Tetanus. (10) Varicella (chickenpox). (11) Any other disease deemed appropriate by the department, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
(b) That the persons required to be immunized be allowed to obtain immunizations from whatever medical source they so desire, subject only to the condition that the immunization be performed in accordance with the regulations of the department and that a record of the immunization is made in accordance with the regulations. (c) Exemptions from immunization for medical reasons.
(d) For the keeping of adequate records of immunization so that health departments, schools, and other institutions, parents or guardians, and the persons immunized will be able to ascertain that a child is fully or only partially immunized, and so that appropriate public agencies will be able to ascertain the immunization needs of groups of children in schools or other institutions. (e) Incentives to public health authorities to design innovative and creative programs that will promote and achieve full and timely immunization of children.
Cal Health & Saf Code § 120335. "Governing authority"; Unconditional admission; Immunization requirements; Documentation; Specification of immunizing agents (a) As used in this chapter, "governing authority" means the governing board of each school district or the authority of each other private or public institution responsible for the operation and control of the institution or the principal or administrator of each school or institution.
(10) Varicella (chickenpox). (11) Any other disease deemed appropriate by the department, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), full immunization against hepatitis B shall not be a condition by which the governing authority shall admit or advance any pupil to the 7th grade level of any private or public elementary or secondary school.
(h) This section does not prohibit a pupil who qualifies for an individualized education program, pursuant to federal law and Section 56026 of the Education Code, from accessing any special education and related services required by his or her individualized education program. Cal Health & Saf Code § 120360. Exceptions
Cal Health & Saf Code § 120370. Statement by physicians contraindicating immunization
TITLE 17. PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION 1. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES CHAPTER 4. PREVENTIVE MEDICAL SERVICE SUBCHAPTER 8. IMMUNIZATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS, DIPHTHERIA, PERTUSSIS, TETANUS, MEASLES (RUBEOLA), RUBELLA, HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (HIB), MUMPS, AND HEPATITIS B ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS 17 CCR § 6000. Admission
"Admission" means a pupil's first entry in a given public or private elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center. "Admission" also denotes a pupil's re-entry to one of these institutions after withdrawing from a previous enrollment.
17 CCR § 6020. Required Immunizations (a) The required immunizations for admission to and attendance at a public or private elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or developmental center shall be those set forth, according to age, in Table 1.
17 CCR § 6025. Unconditional Admission Any pupil age 18 months or older who has received all the immunizations against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles (rubeola), rubella, Haemophilus influenzae type B, mumps, hepatitis B and varicella (chickenpox) required for his or her age, as defined in Table 1, Section 6020, or who has documented a permanent medical exemption or a personal beliefs exemption to immunization in accordance with Section 6051, shall be admitted unconditionally as a pupil to a given public or private elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center. However, for some pupils admitted unconditionally to a child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, an additional dose of DTP and/or polio vaccine will be required for admission to school at kindergarten level and above, as indicated in Table 1, Section 6020.
17 CCR § 6051. Unconditional Admission with Permanent Medical Exemption or Personal Beliefs Exemption A pupil with a permanent medical exemption or a personal beliefs exemption to immunization shall be admitted unconditionally. A pupil with an exemption which is not based on pre-existing immunity to disease may be subject to exclusion pursuant to Section 6060.
17 CRR § 6060. Pupil Not Completely Immunized and Exposed to Communicable Disease. Whenever the governing authority has good cause to believe that a pupil who is not completely immunized against a particular communicable disease may have been exposed to that disease, that information shall be reported by the governing authority immediately by telephone to the local health officer. The local health officer shall determine whether the pupil is at risk of developing the disease and, if so, may require the exclusion of the pupil from that school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center until the completion of the incubation period and the period of communicability of the disease.
PART 2. IMMUNIZATIONS
CHAPTER 1.5 IMMUNIZATION OF COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS
Cal. Health & Saf. Code §§ 120390-120390.7
120390. The department, in consultation with the Trustees of the California State University, and the Regents of the University of California, shall adopt and enforce all regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
120390.5.
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), on or after January 1, 2000, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Regents of the University of California shall require the first-time enrollees at those institutions who are 18 years of age or younger to provide proof of full immunization against the hepatitis B virus prior to enrollment.
(b) A person who has not been fully immunized against the hepatitis B virus, as required by subdivision (a), may be admitted by the governing body of any of the institutions of higher education to which subdivision (a) is applicable on condition that, within a designated time period, the person will provide proof of full immunization against hepatitis B.
(c) Immunization of a person shall not be required for admission to an institution of higher education to which subdivision (a) is applicable if any of the following persons files with the governing body of the educational institution a letter or affidavit stating that the immunization is contrary to the beliefs of either of the following:
(1) The parent, guardian, or adult who has assumed responsibility for the care and custody of the person seeking admission, if that applicant is a minor who is not emancipated or who is 17 years of age or younger.
(2) The person seeking admission, if that applicant is an emancipated minor or is 18 years of age.
(d) If a person seeking enrollment in an institution of higher education to which subdivision (a) is applicable, or the parent or guardian of a person seeking enrollment, files with the governing body a written statement by a physician and surgeon that the physical condition of the person or medical circumstances relating to the person are such that immunization is not considered safe, indicating the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or circumstances that contraindicate immunization, that person shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a).
120390.7. No provision of this chapter shall apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision applicable.
CHAPTER 3. CONSENT BY MINOR SECTION 6926
(c) The minor's parents or guardian are not liable for payment for medical care provided pursuant to this section.