N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-6.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:57-6.15 - Religious exemptions

(a) A student shall be exempted from mandatory immunization if the student objects thereto in a written statement submitted to the institution, signed by the student or a parent or legal guardian if a minor, explaining how the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with the student's religious beliefs; except as provided at 8:57-6.8(b) and 6.9(f).

(b) The institution shall keep the student's statement as part of the student's immunization record.

(c) An institution may temporarily exclude a student with a religious exemption from receiving immunizing agents, from classes and from participation in institution-sponsored activities during a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak or threatened outbreak.

1. The decision to exclude a student with a religious exemption shall be made by the institution in consultation with the Commissioner and the exclusion shall continue until the outbreak is over.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-6.15

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.10 by R.2002 d.264, effective 8/19/2002.
See: 33 N.J.R. 2752(a), 34 N.J.R. 3023(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.11, Institutional records required, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.12.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.11, by R.2005 d.262, effective 8/15/2005.
See 36 N.J.R. 3335(a), 37 N.J.R. 3037(b).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.12 recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.13.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.12 and amended by R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
In (a), inserted "or a parent or legal guardian if a minor" and "; except as provided at N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.8(b) and 6.9(f)"; in (b), substituted "The institution shall keep the student's statement" for "This statement shall be kept by the institution"; and rewrote (c). Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.15, Records available for inspection, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.18.

The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available