Doctors in Pennsylvania Intimidating Parents over Vaccines and Misrepresenting State Laws

Health Impact News Editor

A mother submitted this photo from a physician’s website in Pennsylvania on the VacTruth Facebook Page. As you can read, it states that since 2012 “children who are not fully vaccinated will be denied entry to the school building.”

She asks: “Is that legal? We live in Pennsylvania.”

No, the information is incorrect, even though it is written on a physician’s form. Here is what the law states in Pennsylvania:

28 Pa. Code. § 23.84

§ 23.84. Exemption from immunization.

(a) Medical exemption. Children need not be immunized if a physician or the physician’s designee provides a written statement that immunization may be detrimental to the health of the child. When the physician determines that immunization is no longer detrimental to the health of the child, the child shall be immunized according to this subchapter.

(b) Religious exemption. Children need not be immunized if the parent, guardian or emancipated child objects in writing to the immunization on religious grounds or on the basis of a strong moral or ethical conviction similar to a religious belief.

Know your rights and do your own research before you vaccinate. Do not be intimidated by pro-vaccine doctors. A list of all states’ legal exemptions can be found at The National Vaccine Information Center.