Iowa Code r. 281-33.4 - Immunization
(1) Consistent with
the provisions of Iowa Code section
139A.8 and rules of the
department of health and human services, a public school shall not refuse to
enroll or exclude a homeless child or youth for lack of immunization records if
any of the following situations exist. The parent or guardian of a homeless
child or youth or a homeless child or youth:
a. Offers a statement signed by a doctor
licensed by the state board of medical examiners specifying that in the
doctor's opinion the immunizations required would be injurious to the health
and well-being of the child or youth or to any member of the child's or youth's
family or household.
b. Provides an
affidavit stating that the immunization conflicts with the tenets and practices
of a recognized religious denomination of which the homeless child or youth is
a member or adherent, unless the state board of health has determined and the
director of health has declared an emergency or epidemic exists.
c. Offers a statement that the child or youth
has begun the required immunizations and is continuing to receive the necessary
immunizations as rapidly as is medically feasible.
d. States that the child or youth is a
transfer student from any other school, and that school confirms the presence
of the immunization record.
(2) The school district will make every
effort to locate or verify the official immunization records of a homeless
child or youth based upon information supplied by the child, youth, parent, or
guardian. In circumstances where it is admitted that the homeless child or
youth has not received some or all of the immunizations required by state law
for enrollment and none of the exemptions listed above is applicable, the
district will refer the child, youth, and parent or guardian to the local board
of health for the purpose of immunization, and the school is to provisionally
enroll the child or youth in accordance with paragraph
33.4(1)"c" or "d" above.
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