Thanks. Do you have a list of those vaccines anticipated to be required for each child in California?
In Ohio there are 14 required diseases that children have to have to attend school. Many of these are administered in combination vaccines. DTAP for example covers 3 diseases.
The 14 diseases are:
(1) Chicken pox;
(2) Diphtheria;
(3) Haemophilus influenzae type b; (4) Hepatitis A;
(5) Hepatitis B;
(6) Influenza;
(7) Measles;
(8) Mumps;
(9) Pertussis;
(10) Pneumococcal disease;
(11) Poliomyelitis;
(12) Rotavirus; (13) Rubella; (14) Tetanus.
However, the vaccines aren’t mandatory for the following reasons:
(1) A child is not required to be immunized against a disease specified in division (B) of this section if any of the following is the case:
(a) Immunization against the disease is medically contraindicated for the child;
(b) The child’s parent or guardian has declined to have the child immunized against the disease for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions;
(c) Immunization against the disease is not medically appropriate for the child’s age.
(2) In the case of influenza, a child is not required to be immunized against the disease if the seasonal vaccine is not available.
(1)(b) above leaves a lot of decision authority with the parent to decline any immunization on the basis of conscience - this could be religious or it could be because they feel the immunization is insufficiently tested. The school cannot mandate it by law.