• 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.

"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."

SECTION 23-13-14

§ 23-13-14   Newborn screening program. (a) The physician attending a newborn child shall cause that child to be subject to newborn screening tests for metabolic, endocrine, and hemoglobinopathy disorders. The department of health shall make rules and regulations pertaining to metabolic disease screening, diagnostic, and treatment services as accepted medical practice shall indicate. The provisions of this section shall not apply if the parents of the child object to the tests on the grounds that those tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices.

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/statutes/title23/23%2D13/23%2D13%2D14.htm

Hearing Screening...

RHODE ISLAND

Statute: Section 3.0 Testing for Hearing Impairments 3.1 Pursuant to the provisions of section 23-13-13 of the general laws, every newborn infant in Rhode island shall be screened and evaluated according to the procedures prescribed by the Director, except however if parents of a newborn child object thereto, on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices. [Source: (R23-13-MET/HRG)]

Rule: Sec. 3. 3.1 ... every newborn infant in Rhode Island shall be screened and evaluated according to the procedures prescribed by the director, except however if parents of a newborn child object thereto, on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices. [Source: Rules and Regulations, R23-13-MET/HRG, 1995]

New Born Screening [General for all USA]
U.S. states now require screening of newborn babies for specific diseases.

Conditions and legal status of "requirement" of newborn to be screened for each state:
National Newborn Screening Status Report - http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/sites/genes-r-us/files/nbsdisorders.pdf

Newborn Genetic Screening Privacy Laws
(includes links to laws for various states)
ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/Health/NewbornGeneticandMetabolicScreeningLaws/tabid/14416/Default.aspx

Newborn screening From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newborn_screening

Federal NewBorn Screening Law (from Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy)
http://www.fsma.org

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 Form developed by The American Academy of Pediatrics, not a regular religious or conscientious exemption letter or form.

"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."

"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."