File:  JLCB - INOCULATIONS OF STUDENTS

Students entering school for the first time, whether at kindergarten or through transfer from another school system, will be required to present a physician's certificate attesting to immunization against diphtheria, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, tetanus, measles, and such other communicable diseases as may be specified from time to time by the Department of Public Health.  The only exception to these re-quirements will be made on receipt of a written statement from a doctor that immunization would not be in the best interests of the child, or by the student's parent or guardian stating that vaccina-tion or immunization is contrary to the religious beliefs of the student or parent.

Established by law

SOURCE: MASC

LEGAL REF.:  M.G.L. 76:15

CROSS REFS.:  JF, School Admissions