HB 2470 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 15-873 to clarify religious exemption eligibility for school immunization requirements.

• Specifies that pupils at any level or grade through twelfth grade are eligible for a religious exemption from immunization requirements if parents/guardians submit a signed statement expressing personal beliefs against immunization.

• Maintains existing medical exemption provisions requiring written certification from a physician or registered nurse practitioner stating immunizations may be detrimental to a pupil's health.

• Preserves requirement that unimmunized pupils cannot attend school during outbreak periods of communicable, immunization-preventable diseases as determined by the department of health services or local health department.