Delaware General Assembly

Signed 7/15/15

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

4/16/15

Matthews

Sen. Hall-Long

Sen. McDowell
Reps. Hudson, Keeley, Lynn, Mitchell, Osienski, Outten, Potter, Viola

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLEES' IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM.

This bill involves the public school immunization program. Currently, the Affidavit of Religious Belief does not expressly alert parents or guardians who file for the religious exemption from the program that the child will be temporarily excluded from school in the event of an epidemic of a vaccine preventable disease. This bill amends the required affidavit so parents or guardians are directly made aware of the possibility of the child’s temporary exclusion from school. The bill also adds that the asserted cause of a medical exemption may be subject to review and approval by the Division of Public Health. Additionally, the bill would require the Division of Public Health to declare an outbreak, rather than the current language of an epidemic throughout the State or a particular definable region thereof.

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