California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted new vaccine laws last year amid near-constant protests. But there's uncertainty about how to interpret and implement them.
Pan says that provision of the law is also effective now. But the language of SB 714 references a standardized form that has yet to be created by the public health department. Pan contends the intent of the law is still clear — doctors under investigation should not be writing new medical exemptions.
The public health department said in a statement to The Times that the agency is “aware of the many steps and the timelines for implementation.” Once officials have created the form and sent it to the immunization registry next year, the department will then monitor which physicians are submitting medical exemptions. The vaccine waivers are currently submitted directly to schools and local districts, making it difficult to determine how many medical exemptions a single doctor writes.
California has been strengthening its inoculation laws since 2015, when the state eliminated exemptions based on personal or religious beliefs. Instead, children must have a medical reason to skip some or all shots required for public and private school and daycare. Since that law was enacted, though, the number ofand some physicians have been accused of excusing children for questionable reasons.
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