AUSTRALIA - IMMUNISATION EXEMPTIONS
(includes current statutes, letters & forms)

For Exemptions and Support in Australia :

Australian Vaccination Network (AVN)


Vaccination Information Service

Vaccination Information South Australia

• Create the Birthplan. Or modify one of our ours to fit your state laws and any other personal circumstances. (see below)


• Sign the birthplan in front of a Notary.


• Submit the birth plan to your hospital or midwife. Keep a couple extra copies in case plans change.


• Make sure affected parties (doctors, nurses, etc) understand your requirements and wishes.
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• Plan on having one or two trusted persons stay with the mother and child to watch the child at all times while in the hospital, so no unwanted injections are given the baby.


• The birth plan arrangements and letter should be turned in before delivery date.


• The "Refusal to Permit Medical Treatment" form below is optional.

The birth plan arrangements and letter should be turned in before delivery date.
This "Refusal to Permit Medical Treatment" form below is optional.

"Refusal to Permit Medical Treatment" form
A generic form.
(.pdf) letters/refusal_treatment.pdf

Affidavit - Birth Exemptions
HTML (simple text) Affidavit to modify.

AFFIDAVIT in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. (may be modified)

If your Title and Paragraph number of your state law is not pasted above, click here for the link to your state law.

"The injectable form of vitamin K can rarely cause severe (sometimes fatal) allergic reactions when given by injection into a muscle or vein. Therefore, vitamin K should be injected into a muscle or vein only when it cannot be given by injection under the skin or taken by mouth, or when your doctor has judged that the benefit is greater than the risk. Seek immediate medical attention if you experience symptoms of an allergic reaction such as rash, itching, swelling, dizziness, or trouble breathing."

Exemptions

Your child may have an exemption from the immunisation requirements if:

• a recognised immunisation provider (e.g. your doctor) signs a letter or form saying that:
  • they have told you about the benefits and risks of immunising your child and you have a conscientious objection to immunising your child (your provider should complete a Health Insurance Commission Immu-12 form),
  • immunising your child with a particular vaccine is medically contraindicated (your provider should use the Health Insurance Commission Immu-11 form),
  • the child has a natural immunity to the disease, or
  • the vaccine is not available,
  • you or your partner are a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist and you have a letter from an official of the Church advising that you are a practising member of the Church.

     •   Your child has a medical reason not to have a particular vaccination;
     •   Your child has had a disease and has a natural immunity;
     •   A particular vaccine is unavailable.

Or you can make a formal conscientious objection if you have a personal, philosophical, religious or medical belief that your child should not be immunised. You will need to ask your immunisation provider to sign a Conscientious Objection form.

Australia conscientious exempt
Immunisation Exemption
Conscientious objection form
IMMU-12 Immunisation exemption - Conscientious objection IMMU-12 form
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/files/ma_conscientious_objection_form.pdf

The latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Medical Exemption IMMU-11
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/provider/pubs/forms/files/medical-contraindication-form.pdf

Official Form Required: Use either Conscientious Objection or Vaccine Exemption due to Medical Contraindication

Daycare & Preschools:

Medicare Australia
See Section above for Medicare Australia information.

Colleges & Universities:

Employment:

August 2006 (As of Feb 2007 this applies to ALL health care workers and hospital staff)

"Finally, be aware that participation in the employer's skin testing program is voluntary on the part of the employee. OSHA does not require that employees participate in TB skin testing, only that the employer make such skin testing available to employees."

WARNING!

Dear VacLib Members and Friends -

Wanted to give you all a heads up on state issued exemption forms. I haven't had to deal with this personally for several years, and I always crossed out sentences or clauses, and often adding some of my own, before signing their exemption of medical release type of forms. When Donna Carrillo began to diligently search out existing exemption forms and posting them, I read over a couple of them and encouraged people to make up their own whenever possible. After having a "closer encounter" with such a form - a form provided to the state of Idaho by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and used by licensed Idaho daycares, I was shocked into the VERY REAL danger of signing these forms without changing them significantly.

Any form one affixes their initials to, dates and affixes their signature to at the end is a LEGAL document. All statements prior to your signature you must agree to fully OR restrict your signature to say that you are signing under TDC - threat, duress, and coercion. The form that my daughter was told she needed to fill out for this daycare is posted here: ChildCareExemptForm.pdf. On this form, she crossed out all the "nots" and in her personal statement she further clarified that she understands fully the risks of vaccinating her child.

I have since found out that most public schools and daycares in other states also use a similar form. Basically, by initialing and signing this form as is, you are admitting to understanding that "vaccine preventable" diseases are extremely deadly and ALSO admitting to negligence for willfully denying your son/daughter the life saving protection that vaccines offer. These forms are MEANT to not only be intimidating but to catch the legally ignorant off guard. This is very serious to me since all states have adopted the federally funded Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act which gives states the right to literally steal your children for up to 48 hours -- the time they have to prove child neglect OR abuse.

If it were ME, I would insist that they accept a form that I provide them since it satisfies the law. If there are any problems or they insist on me using their form, I would cite the law and ask the school or daycare provider where it actually says in state statute that this particular form is the only form that will satisfy the law. Since your parental rights are at stake here, it is best to be vigilant and err on the side of being overly cautious.

See:   AnaiRhoads.org Why Signing a Waiver to Avoid Vaccines Can Be Considered Abuse
She is referring to the Refusal To Vaccinate From developed by The American Academy of Pediatrics, not a regular religious or conscientious exemption letter or form.