Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious tenets or practices, exception.

Immunizations; authority of the Commissionerof Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including aparent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administrationof a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirementsissued by the Commissioner of Health during an epidemic. Currently,exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemicis available only to those persons to whose health the administration of a vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by alicensed physician.