N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 66-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 66-1.3 - Requirements for school admission

A principal or person in charge of a school shall not admit a child to school unless a person in parental relation to the child has furnished the school with one of the following:

(a) A certificate of immunization, as described in section 66-1.6 of this Subpart, from a health care practitioner or from NYSIIS or the CIR, documenting that the child has been fully immunized according to the requirements of section 66-1.1(f) of this Subpart.

(b) Documentation that the child is in process of receiving immunizations as defined in section 66-1.1(j) of this Subpart. A principal or person in charge of a school shall not refuse to admit a child to school, based on immunization requirements, if that child is in process.

(c) A signed, completed medical exemption form approved by the NYSDOH or NYC Department of Education from a physician licensed to practice medicine in New York State certifying that immunization may be detrimental to the child"TMs health, containing sufficient information to identify a medical contraindication to a specific immunization and specifying the length of time the immunization is medically contraindicated. The medical exemption must be reissued annually. The principal or person in charge of the school may require additional information supporting the exemption.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 66-1.3

Amended, New York State Register February 19, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Issue 7, eff. 7/1/2014

Amended New York State Register August 26, 2015/Volume XXXVII, Issue 34, eff. 9/1/2015

Amended New York State Register December 31, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 53, eff. 12/31/2019