AB 429

Under current law, a student admitted to elementary, middle, junior, or senior

high school, a child care center, or a nursery school must, within 30 days of

admission, present evidence of having completed the first immunization for each

vaccine required for the student's grade and being on schedule for the remainder of

the basic and booster immunization series for mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria,

whooping cough, poliomyelitis, tetanus, and any other diseases the Department of

Health Services specifies by rule. This immunization requirement is waived,

however, if the student or the student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian instead

submits a written statement to the school, child care center, or nursery school

objecting to the immunization for reasons of health, religion, or personal conviction.

A school, child care center, or nursery school may exclude a student who does not

meet the immunization requirement or does not present a waiver and is required to

exclude a student who does not meet the immunization requirement or does not

present a waiver if fewer than 99 percent of the students have complied with the

immunization requirement or presented a waiver. A court may issue an order

directing a student to comply with the immunization requirement or present a

waiver by a certain date, and if the student is not in compliance, the court may

require an adult student or the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor

student to pay a forfeiture. This bill eliminates personal conviction as a reason for

a waiver of the immunization requirement.