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TITLE 21. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 4. PUPILS
ARTICLE 3. RIGHT TO ATTEND SCHOOL
Wyo. Stat. § 21-4-309 (2007)
§ 21-4-309. Mandatory immunizations
for children attending schools; exceptions
(a) Any person attending, full or part time,
any public or private school, kindergarten through twelfth grade,
shall within thirty (30) days after the date of school entry, provide
to the appropriate school official written documentary proof of
immunization. For purposes of this section, documentary proof of
immunization is written certification by a private licensed physician
or his representative or by any public health authority, that the
person is fully immunized. Documentation shall include month, day
and year of each required immunization received against vaccine
preventable disease as designated by the state health authority.
No school administrator shall permit a student to attend school
for more than thirty (30) calendar days without documentary proof
of immunization. If immunization requires a series of immunizations
over a period of more than thirty (30) calendar days, the child
shall be permitted to attend school while receiving continuing immunization
if the school administrator receives written notification by a private
licensed physician or his representative or by a public health official,
specifying a written schedule for necessary immunization completion
within the medically accepted time period. Waivers shall be authorized
by the state or county health officer upon submission of written
evidence of religious objection or medical contraindication to the
administration of any vaccine. In the presence of an outbreak of
vaccine preventable disease as determined by the state or county
health authority, school children for whom a waiver has been issued
and who are not immunized against the occurring vaccine preventable
disease shall be excluded from school attendance for a period of
time determined by the state or county health authority, but not
suspended from school as provided in W.S. 21-4-305. Children excluded
from school attendance under this section shall not be counted in
the aggregate number of pupils absent as defined in W.S. 21-13-101(a)(i).
(b) The school administrator shall be responsible
for an audit of the immunization status of any child enrolled in
the school in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by
the department of health.
(c) The written documented proof of immunization
on a form provided by the state health officer shall be an integral
part of the child's school record. (d)
For purposes of this section:
(i) "State health officer" means
the person appointed by the director of the department of health
pursuant to W.S. 9-2-103.
(ii) "County health officer" means the licensed medical
officer designated by the county commissioners to serve as health
officer for his county;
(iii) "Immunized" or "immunization" means
initial immunization and any boosters or reimmunizations required
to maintain immunization pursuant to the immunization standards
and recommendations issued by the state health officer.
WAIVER OF IMMUNIZATION.
--The statute clearly requires a waiver to be issued upon receipt
of written evidence of a medical contraindication to the administration
of any vaccine, and the statute does not require that a specific
reason be given for a medical contraindication. Jones v. State Dep't
of Health, 18 P.3d 1189 (Wyo. 2001)
The statute mandates the issuance of an exemption from immunization
for school children upon a written religious objection and does
not permit an inquiry by the department of health into the sincerity
of the religious beliefs of an applicant. LePage v. State, 18 P.3d
1177 (Wyo. 2001)
TITLE 14. CHILDREN
CHAPTER 4. CHILD CARE FACILITIES
ARTICLE 1. CHILD CARE FACILITIES CERTIFICATION
Wyo. Stat. § 14-4-116
(2007)
§ 14-4-116. Mandatory
immunizations for children attending child caring facilities.
(a) As used in this section “child caring facility”
means a facility required to be certified under W.S. 14-4-102.
(b) All persons over eighteen (18) months old attending
or transferring into a child caring facility are required to be
completely immunized in a similar manner to W.S. 21-4-309.
(c) The operator of the child caring facility shall
be responsible for an audit of the immunization status of any child
attending the child caring facility in a similar manner to W.S.
21-4-309.
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