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MI tightens rules for childhood vaccinations
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD/AP) — Michigan’s health agency is working to make it harder for parents to get out of immunizing their children against contagious diseases.
The Michigan Department of Community Health has rules that take effect Jan. 1 requiring parents to take extra steps in order to get permission to leave their children unprotected.
Parents will have to provide a written statement indicating the religious or philosophical objections to the vaccinations. They will also have to sign a form acknowledging they may be putting their own child or other people’s children at risk with the failure to vaccinate.
By signing the waiver, parents acknowledge that their child may be excluded from school or other programs if the public health authority advises exclusion as a disease control measure.
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules approved the new requirements Thursday.
California, Colorado and Vermont have recently taken similar steps.
Michigan has the fourth-highest vaccine exemption rate in the country, according to the Kent County Health Department.
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