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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/27/2010 10:23:31 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Colorado: Calls Needed to Ensure Parents are Informed of Immunization Exemptions |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== January 27, 2010 Colorado: Calls Needed to Ensure Parents are Informed of Immunization Exemptions Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Representative Jim Riesberg and Senator Betty Boyd recently introduced Senate Bill 10-056, which requires public schools to annually provide parents with a paper or email copy of all state-required immunizations. The document may also include a list of recommended immunizations. Currently, the bill does not require the schools to notify parents that they have a legal right to exempt their children from immunizations (subject to certain conditions). We are asking that the sponsors introduce an amendment that includes Colorado's current statutory language regarding available exemptions (found in Colorado Rev. Stat. 25-4-903). We understand that Rep. Riesberg is willing to add the language; thus, we are asking you to contact him to express your support for the exemption amendment. ACTION NEEDED: 1. Call Rep. Riesberg's office at (303) 866-2929, and ask to speak to Crystal or Rep. Riesberg. In your own words, express the following message: "I am calling to ask that language be added to Senate Bill 10-056 to require that schools inform parents of their right to exempt their children from immunizations based on medical condition or religious or personal beliefs, as already allowed in Colorado Revised Statutes 25-4-903." 2. Follow up with an email to Rep. Riesberg reiterating what was said on the phone at jimriesberg.house@state.co.us . There is no need to identify yourself as a homeschooler as this bill affects all parents in the state. BACKGROUND: The standardized form described in the bill includes a list of immunizations required for enrollment in a public school and at what age each immunization is required. The bill does not include exemption information on the standardized form for those who choose not to immunize. An amendment may be necessary to require exemption information to be stated on the form. The statute allowing for immunization exemptions is below: 25-4-903. Exemptions from immunization. (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 409, sec. 2, effective July 1, 1997.) It is the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian to have his or her child immunized unless the child is exempted pursuant to this section. A student shall be exempted from receiving the required immunizations in the following manner: By submitting to the student's school certification from a licensed physician or advanced practice nurse that the physical condition of the student is such that one or more specified immunizations would endanger his or her life or health or is medically contraindicated due to other medical conditions; or By submitting to the student's school a statement of exemption signed by one parent or guardian or the emancipated student or student eighteen years of age or older that the parent, guardian, or student is an adherent to a religious belief whose teachings are opposed to immunizations or that the parent or guardian or the emancipated student or student eighteen years of age or older has a personal belief that is opposed to immunizations. The state board of health may provide, by regulation, for further exemptions to immunization based upon sound medical practice. All information distributed to parents by school districts regarding immunization shall inform them of their rights under subsection (2) of this section. For more information about this bill, go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=7576 . Thank you for your commitment to defending freedom and family! Very truly yours, Michael P. Donnelly HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> You can get a little latte or a lotta legal. With our new payment options, you can join HSLDA for as little as $10/month, less than the price of a cup of coffee a week. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1109 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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