J-5200 © JLCBIMMUNIZATIONS OF STUDENTS
J-5200 © JLCBSubject to the exemptions as provided by law, no student shall be enrolled unless the student can present satisfactory evidence of commencement and completion of immunization in accordance with the immunization schedule and rules and regulations of the Public Health Division, except that a homeless student shall not be prevented from attendance until the fifth (5th) calendar day after enrollment.
“Satisfactory evidence of commencement and completion of immunization” means satisfactory evidence of a person having begun the process of immunizations in a statement, certificate or record signed by a duly licensed physician, certified nurse practitioner, or other recognized public or private health facility stating that the person has received at least the first in the series of required immunizations and is proceeding with the immunizations according to the prescribed schedule. Persons enrolling in schools who have begun the process of immunization shall have one month following the date of enrollment to complete the required immunizations and submit satisfactory evidence of completing the required immunizations or having continued the process of the required series.
Any minor child, through his parent or guardian, may file a request for exemption from required immunization with the director of the public health division. The original request for approval of any exemptions from immunization must be mailed to the Department of Health, Public Health Division, immunization program. The address is P.O. Box 26110, Suite S-1250, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Request forms can be found at the immunization program offices 1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite South 1250 or on the program's website.
The student is exempt from immunization pursuant to Section 6.12.2.8 NMC upon filing with the governing authority:
• a statement or certificate signed by a licensed physician or certified nurse practitioner stating that the physical condition of the person seeking enrollment is such that immunization would seriously endanger the life or health of the person;
• an exemption granted by the Public Health Division on the basis of:
§ notarized affidavits or written affirmation from an officer of a recognized religious denomination that such student's parents or guardians are bona fide members of a denomination whose religious teaching requires reliance upon prayer or spiritual means alone for healing; or
§ notarized affidavits or written affirmation from the student's parent or legal guardian that the student's religious beliefs, held either individually or jointly with others, do not permit the administration of vaccine or other immunizing agent.
Exemption from obtaining the required immunizations, when approved, is valid for a period not to exceed nine (9) months and will not extend beyond the end of the school year in which the student is currently enrolled.
Any student with serologic confirmation of the presence of specific antibodies against a vaccine-preventable disease shall not be subject to immunization against that disease as a condition for attending school.
The District will cooperate with Public Health Division in programs of immunization. Parents' permission must be secured before a student may participate in such immunization projects.
Adopted: June 10, 2014
LEGAL REF.: 6.12.2.8 NMAC
6.12.2.9 NMAC
6.12.2.10 NMAC
7.4.3.8 NMAC
7.4.3.13 NMAC