53A-11-301 - Certificate of immunization required.
53A-11-301. Certificate of immunization required.
(1) Unless exempted for personal, medical, or religious objections as provided in Section53A-11-302, a student may not attend a public, private, or parochial kindergarten, elementary, orsecondary school through grade 12, nursery school, licensed day care center, child care facility,family care home, or headstart program in this state unless there is presented to the appropriateofficial of the school a certificate of immunization from a licensed physician or authorizedrepresentative of the state or local health department stating that the student has receivedimmunization against communicable diseases as required by rules adopted under Section53A-11-303.
(2) School districts may not receive weighted pupil unit money for a student unless thestudent has obtained a certificate of immunization under this section or qualifies for conditionalenrollment or an exemption from immunization under Section 53A-11-302.
Amended by Chapter 53, 1992 General Session