Category
Vaccination Waiver
Category
Vaccination Waiver
State law allows waivers for religious or moral reasons.
Childcare Facility, Preschool, and Kindergarten – Grade 12: Important Notice to Parents
Document addresses exemptions from vaccination requirements for school-aged children.
Hawaii Administrative Rules 11-157-5 Exemptions.
(b) A religious exemption shall be granted to a student or child whose parent, custodian, guardian, or other person in loco parentis certifies that the person's religious beliefs prohibit the practice of immunization. Requests for religious exemptions based on objections to specific immunizing agents will not be granted. Students who have reached the age of majority shall apply on their own behalf. The certification shall be retained in the student's health record, in the post-secondary school student's record, or in the child care facility child's record. Reports of such exemptions in a format specified by the department shall be submitted to the department by each school, post-secondary school, and child care facility.
Immunization Exemptions
Site provides information on exemptions from vaccination requirements for school-aged children, including self-reported medical and religious exemption data submitted by each school for students in kindergarten through grade 12.