53A-11-302 - Immunizations required -- Exceptions -- Grounds for exemption from required immunizations.
53A-11-302. Immunizations required -- Exceptions -- Grounds for exemption fromrequired immunizations.
(1) A student may not enter school without a certificate of immunization, except asprovided in this section.
(2) Except as provided in Section 53A-1-1001, a student who at the time of schoolenrollment has not been completely immunized against each specified disease may attend schoolunder a conditional enrollment if the student has received one dose of each specified vaccineprior to enrollment.
(3) A student is exempt from receiving the required immunizations if there is presentedto the appropriate official of the school one or more of the following:
(a) a certificate from a licensed physician stating that due to the physical condition of thestudent one or more specified immunizations would endanger the student's life or health;
(b) A completed form obtained at the local health department where the student resides,providing:
(i) the information required under Subsection 53A-11-302.5(1); and
(ii) a statement that the person has a personal belief opposed to immunizations, which issigned by one of the individuals listed in Subsection 53A-11-302(3)(c) and witnessed by the localhealth officer or his designee; or
(c) a statement that the person is a bona fide member of a specified, recognized religiousorganization whose teachings are contrary to immunizations, signed by one of the followingpersons:
(i) one of the student's parents;
(ii) the student's guardian;
(iii) a legal age brother or sister of a student who has no parent or guardian; or
(iv) the student, if of legal age.
Amended by Chapter 395, 2010 General Session