Re: Links for info?

August 27, 2000

Texas Laws can be found at:

www.vaccineinfo.net

Here is what I have on file for Arkansas, please make sure this is the up to

date law.

I think when it comes to vaccinated most of us have either stopped

vaccinated completely or have never vaccinated. THe only vaccine we ever

considered was the tetanus vaccine. We still don't feel comfortable with

giving this vaccine yet and probably never will. Which vaccines are you

considering??

TITLE 20. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

SUBTITLE 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 7. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

SUBCHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ark. Stat. Ann. §20-7-109 (1997)

§20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health -- Exceptions

(a) (1) Power is conferred on the State Board of Health to make all

necessary and reasonable rules and regulations of a general nature for the

protection of the public health and safety; for the general amelioration of

the sanitary and hygienic conditions within the state; for the suppression

and prevention of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases; for the

proper enforcement of quarantine, isolation, and control of such diseases;

and for the proper control of chemical exposures that may result in adverse

health effects to the public.

(2) All rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall

be reviewed by the House and Senate Interim Committees on Public Health,

Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof.

( However, if a patient can be treated with reasonable safety to the

public health, he shall not be removed from his home without his consent, or

the consent of the parents or guardian in case of a minor, and the rules and

regulations, when made, shall be printed in pamphlet form, with such numbers

of copies as may be necessary for the distribution of the information to

health bodies, health and sanitary officers, and the public generally.

healing nor interfere with the right of any citizen to employ the

practitioner of his choice.

HISTORY: Acts 1913, No. 96, @ 6; C. & M. Dig., @ 5130; Pope's Dig., @ 6401;

A.S.A. 1947, @ 82-110; Acts 1991, No. 990, @@ 3, 5; 1997, No. 179, @ 20.

Acts 1991, No. 990, @ 5, as amended, which added subdivision (a)(2) of this

section, is also codified as @@ 14-262-101((4), 20-7-101((4), and

20-7-114((3).

AMENDMENTS. The 1991 amendment in (a)(1) added " and safety " after " public

health " , added " and for the proper control of chemical exposures that may

result in adverse health effects to the public " after " such diseases " , and

made other minor punctuation changes; and added (a)(2).

CONSTITUTIONALITY.

Regulations of the State Board of Health requiring vaccination of school

children against smallpox were a valid exercise of the police power of the

state and did not violate the religious freedom guaranteed by U.S. Const.,

Amend. 1 even though the regulation contravened religious beliefs. v.

DeWitt School Dist. No. 1, 238 Ark. 906, 385 S.W.2d 644 (1965); Mannis v.

State ex rel.

DeWitt School Dist. No. 1, 240 Ark. 42, 398 S.W.2d 206, cert. denied, 384

U.S. 972, 86 S. Ct. 1864, 16 L. Ed. 2d 683 (1966).

EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.

Acts 1931, No. 169, did not repeal the authority of the State Board of

Health to make regulations requiring the vaccination of school children.

Seubold v. Fort Special School Dist., 218 Ark. 560, 237 S.W.2d 884

(1951).

CITED: Arkansas Beverage Co. v. Heath, 257 Ark. 991, 521 S.W.2d 835 (1975);

Land v. Arkansas Dep't of Health, 282 Ark. 191, 667 S.W.2d 651 (1984).

ARKANSAS ADVANCE LEGISLATIVE SERVICE STATENET

1997 Ark. ALS 871; 1997 Ark. Acts 871; 1997 Ark. HB 1650

SYNOPSIS: " AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS CODE 6-18-702 TO ADD OTHER DISEASES AS

DESIGNATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO REQUIRED IMMUNIZATION FOR SCHOOL

CHILDREN, AND TO ADD IMMUNIZATION AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT IN CHILD

CARE FACILITIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. " Subtitle " AN ACT TO ADD OTHER

DISEASES AS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO REQUIRED IMMUNIZATION

FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND TO ADD IMMUNIZATION AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT

IN CHILD CARE FACILITIES. " BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE

STATE OF ARKANSAS:

SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 6-18-702 is amended to read as follows: " 6-18-702.

Immunization.

(a) No INFANT OR child shall be admitted to a public or private school OR

CHILD CARE FACILITY of this state who has not been AGE APPROPRIATELY

immunized from poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, red (rubeola)

measles, and rubella AND OTHER DISEASES AS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF

HEALTH, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, as evidenced by a certificate

of a licensed physician or a public health department acknowledging the

immunization.

( (1) The responsibility for the enforcement of this section rests equally

with each school district of this state and the parent or guardian of the

CHILD OR pupil, and each of them shall be separately and individually liable

for permitting any violation of this section.

(2) THE CHILD CARE FACILITY LICENSING DIVISION OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT

OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THIS SECTION WITH

RESPECT TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. THE CHILD CARE FACILITY REVIEW BOARD MAY

PROMULGATE APPROPRIATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS

SECTION. THE OWNERS OR MANAGERS OF THOSE FACILITIES AND ANY PARENT OR

GUARDIAN VIOLATING SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES

PROVIDED IN ARKANSAS CODE 20-78-201, ET SEQ.

after having consulted with the State Board of Health, shall promulgate

appropriate rules and regulations for the enforcement of this section by

school boards, superintendents, and principals, and any school official,

parent, or guardian violating the regulations shall be subject to the

penalties imposed herein.

(d) If, in the discretion of the health authority having jurisdiction or of

any physician licensed to practice by the Arkansas State Medical Board, any

person to whom this section applies shall be deemed to have a physical

disability which may contraindicate vaccination, a certificate to that

effect issued by the health officer may be accepted in lieu of a certificate

of vaccination, provided that the exemption shall not apply when the

disability shall have been removed.

(e) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section or

the regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education AND/OR THE

ARKANSAS CHILD CARE FACILITIES REVIEW BOARD for the enforcement hereof shall

be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the parents or legal

guardian of that child object thereto on the grounds that such immunization

conflicts with the religious tenets and practices of a recognized church or

religious denomination of which the parent or guardian is an adherent or

member.

Furthermore, the provisions of this section requiring pertussis vaccination

shall not apply to any child with a sibling, either whole blood or half

blood, who has had a serious adverse reaction to the pertussis antigen,

which reaction resulted in a total permanent disability. "

SECTION 2. All provisions of this act of a general and permanent nature are

amendatory to the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated and the Arkansas Code

Revision Commission shall incorporate the same in the Code.

SECTION 3. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any

person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect

other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect

without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions

of this act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby

repealed.

Acts 1983, No. 150, @ 3: Feb. 11, 1983. Emergency clause provided: " It is

hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that in some rare

instances children have serious adverse reactions to the mandatory pertussis

immunizations required for admittance into public and private schools of

this State; that in such cases, for fear of an hereditary factor being

involved, the siblings of such children should not be required to risk such

serious adverse reactions by submitting to the pertussis immunizations; that

present law does not make provision for such rare occurrences; and that this

Act is immediately necessary to protect the health of such children.

Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being

immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and

safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and

approval. "

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Links for info?

Does anyone have any links for info on what is required in the way of

vaccinations and exemptions in Arkansas and Texas? Also, do any of

you only partially vaccinate? Like vaccinate for some of the more

serious diseases? If so, which do you consider important enough to

vaccinate for? Thanks!

Angie

August 28, 2000

In CT we can't partially vaccinate. We have no philosophical

exemption. Either we vaccinate fully, or vaccinate up to a time and

then stop and become 'religiously enlightened' or we don't vaccinate at

all. So much for choice. I am working on legislation for philosophical

choice.

You need to check what you are allowed to do in your state.

Angie Anders wrote:

>

> Does anyone have any links for info on what is required in the way of

> vaccinations and exemptions in Arkansas and Texas? Also, do any of

> you only partially vaccinate? Like vaccinate for some of the more

> serious diseases? If so, which do you consider important enough to

> vaccinate for? Thanks!

>

> Angie

>

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Any information obtained here is not to be construed as medical

OR legal advice. The decision to vaccinate and how you

implement that decision is yours and yours alone.

August 28, 2000

In CT we can't partially vaccinate. We have no philosophicalexemption.

~~~~~

It really STINKS that we can get exempt for religious reasons but not for the reason that these vaccinations are harmful and/or deadly to our children. Seems like that would be a pretty good reason. :-(

The reason I was asking is because I know that most of these illness are relatively minor, but some things like Polio or Tetanus seem like maybe they would need to be considered. I don't know how serious or likely they are.

Also, just out of curiousity, do you all skip the animal vaccinations as well? I've been talking to my mother about this and she has a dairygoat farm. She said, now that you mention it, her goats are all more sickly now than they were when she was "ignorant" of goat vaccinations. She is now thinking about forgetting the entire chore of vaccinating every year.

Angie

August 28, 2000

We no longer vaccinate our animals for EVERYTHING. Only what is

required...rabies.

Polio will not be given in a couple years at all (within 5 years to 10

years). Investigate sugar as a culprit as one of the spreads of disease.

Check out a book called 'Immunizations the Reality Behind the Myth' by

Walene . It details a dr. in N.C. who identified this link back in

the 1950s.

Tetanus...I think is one that requires investigation and understanding

of the disease. For example, I always carry a bag in my trunk with

sterile cotton, hydrogen peroxide with me should I ever need it so I

don't have to wait to get home....or if I am traveling...I don't have to

scramble for it. As was the case this summer, when my daughter

seriously cut her finger on my razor and another time got a splinter...

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Any information obtained here is not to be construed as medical

OR legal advice. The decision to vaccinate and how you

implement that decision is yours and yours alone.

August 28, 2000

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:00:53 -0500, you wrote:

>

> In CT we can't partially vaccinate. We have no philosophical

> exemption.

> ~~~~~

> It really STINKS that we can get exempt for religious reasons but not for the

reason that these vaccinations are harmful and/or deadly to our children. Seems

like that would be a pretty good reason. :-(

>

> The reason I was asking is because I know that most of these illness are

relatively minor, but some things like Polio or Tetanus seem like maybe they

would need to be considered. I don't know how serious or likely they are.

>

> Also, just out of curiousity, do you all skip the animal vaccinations as

well? I've been talking to my mother about this and she has a dairygoat farm.

She said, now that you mention it, her goats are all more sickly now than they

were when she was " ignorant " of goat vaccinations. She is now thinking about

forgetting the entire chore of vaccinating every year.

>

> Angie

Hello Angie and All,

My mother told me I had to vaccinate my farm cats for distemper or they would

die. She said the distemper germ is in the soil on this farm. I decided I had

more than enough cats, so losing a few to disease wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Unfortunately, none of the cats got sick. My parents have one cat, which they

vaccinate and de-worm and treat with anti-biotics. Their cat lives here on the

farm with my unvaccinated cats. He drools, he smells bad, he looks bad, and he

is constantly sneezing. I was afraid he would make my cats sick, since they all

eat together and generally hang around together. But, my unvaccinated cats

remain fabulously healthy, and the heavily treated cat continues to look sickly.

I saw a similar situation regarding atrophic rhinitis in hogs. My dad

vaccinated religiously for the condition, but about 5% of the pigs got it any

way. I never vaccinated for it, but my pigs never got it. It's been too long

since I raised pigs, so I can't remember what I did that solved the problem.

Possibly had something to do with ventilation or clipping needle teeth (I did

NOT, he did).

Actually, one of the reasons I quit raising hogs was because they were planning

to start a big pseudo rabies eradication program (mandatory vaccinations for all

hogs). Just didn't have the stomach for all that superstitious nonsense.

db

August 29, 2000

Angie Anders wrote:

In

CT we can't partially vaccinate. We have no philosophical

exemption.~~~~~It really STINKS that we can get

exempt for religious reasons but not for the reason that these vaccinations

are harmful and/or deadly to our children. Seems like that would

be a pretty good reason. :-( The reason I was asking

is because I know that most of these illness are relatively minor, but

some things like Polio or Tetanus seem like maybe they would need to be

considered. I don't know how serious or likely they are. Also,

just out of curiousity, do you all skip the animal vaccinations as well?

Yes, maam. Why would I shoot that stuff into my cat?

He's only ever had the shots they gave him before we adopted him, and he's

never been sick, except for the cold he came out of the shelter with.

I've mentioned this before, but why on earth would animals have to be vaccinated

every single year? Sounds like a money making scheme to me.

August 13, 2008

You can partially vax you just don't tell them that you have vaxed at

all. You give them the exemption and leave it at that. They can't

force you to see the medical records by law YET. I myself was doing a

delayed/selective vax schedule with my first, but after researching

more and more I have quit completely.

As for the pet thing, we don't vax our animals (cat and dogs) at all

and rarely see the vet. When we needed the vet for an emergency 1.5

years ago (dog got neck ripped open from barbed wire) they mentioned

the non vax thing to us and I just said not right now when her body

needs all it can to fight the infection from the injury and they

agreed and we made an appointment for the vax in 3 months (I never

intended on keeping) and just called and canceled before and said I

would call back when we could make it in.

>

> In CT we can't partially vaccinate. We have no philosophical

> exemption.

> ~~~~~

> It really STINKS that we can get exempt for religious reasons but

not for the reason that these vaccinations are harmful and/or deadly

to our children. Seems like that would be a pretty good reason. :-(

>

> The reason I was asking is because I know that most of these

illness are relatively minor, but some things like Polio or Tetanus

seem like maybe they would need to be considered. I don't know how

serious or likely they are.

>

> Also, just out of curiousity, do you all skip the animal

vaccinations as well? I've been talking to my mother about this and

she has a dairygoat farm. She said, now that you mention it, her

goats are all more sickly now than they were when she was " ignorant "

of goat vaccinations. She is now thinking about forgetting the entire

chore of vaccinating every year.

>

> Angie

>

August 13, 2008

That's correct. You can partially vaccinate but once you hand in an exemption,

you cannot vaccinate for anything ever again unless you want to risk

invalidating your exemption.

For those who are concerned that they started to vax but don't want to continue

(as I once did), you are perfectly within your legal rights to claim a religious

exemption.