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HB 706 Original 2020 Regular Session McCormick
Abstract: Requires that any communication issued to students or parents about immunization
requirements include that students are exempt if parents provide either written dissent or a
doctor's note relative to medical contraindication.
Present law requires each person entering any school for the first time to present satisfactory
evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a
schedule approved by the office of public health or to present evidence of an immunization program
in progress. Exempts students from this requirement if parents provide either written dissent or a
doctor's note stating the immunizations are medically contraindicated. Proposed law adds that any
communication issued to students or parents relative to immunization requirements include the text
and legal citation of present law relative to such exemption.
(Amends R.S. 17:170(E))