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AN ACT relating to immunization exceptions. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 214.036 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) Nothing contained in KRS 158.035, 214.010, 214.020, 214.032 to 214.036, and 4
214.990 shall be construed to require: 5
(a) The testing for tuberculosis or the immunization of any child at a time when, 6
in the written opinion of his or her attending health care provider, such testing 7
or immunization would be injurious to the child's health; 8
(b) The immunization of any child whose parents or guardians[guardian] are 9
opposed to medical immunization against disease, and who object by a written 10
sworn statement to the immunization of such child based on religious grounds 11
or conscientiously held beliefs; or 12
(c) The immunization of any emancipated minor or adult who is opposed to 13
medical immunization against disease, and who objects by a written sworn 14
statement to the immunization based on religious grounds or conscientiously 15
held beliefs. 16
(2) In the event of an epidemic in a given area, the Cabinet for Health and Family 17
Services may require the immunization of all persons within the area of epidemic, 18
against the disease responsible for such epidemic, except that any administrative 19
regulation promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, administrative order issued 20
by the cabinet or a local public health department, or executive order issued 21
pursuant to KRS Chapter 39A requiring such immunization shall not include: 22
(a) The immunization of any child or adult for whom, in the written opinion of 23
his or her attending health care provider, such testing or immunization would 24
be injurious to his or her health; 25
(b) The immunization of any child whose parents or guardians are opposed to 26
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statement to the immunization based on religious grounds or conscientiously 1
held beliefs; or 2
(c) The immunization of any emancipated minor or adult who is opposed to 3
medical immunization against disease, and who objects by a written sworn 4
statement to the immunization based on religious grounds or conscientiously 5
held beliefs. 6
(3) The cabinet shall: 7
(a) Develop and make available on its website[Web site] a standardized form 8
relating to exemptions in this section from the immunization requirements; 9
and 10
(b) Accept a completed standardized form when submitted. 11