1. A. A student may have an immunization administered by the student's personal physician.
2. B. If a parent or guardian cannot obtain the service of a private physician, the parent or guardian of the student may take the student to the local health department for the immunizations.
3. C. A local health department shall provide the immunization referenced in §B of this regulation.

Authority: Education Article, §7-403 and Health-General Article, §18-102(a), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulation .01 amended as an emergency provision effective May 10, 1977 (4:11 Md. R. 865); emergency status extended at 4:22 Md. R. 1667 and 4:27 Md. R. 2095 (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)

Regulation .01 amended effective December 16, 1977 (4:26 Md. R. 2024) and May 18, 1979 (6:10 Md. R. 842)

Regulation .01A amended and C adopted effective February 11, 1985 (12:3 Md. R. 245)

Regulation .03 amended effective January 2, 1984 (10:26 Md. R. 2340)

Annotation: COMAR 10.06.04.03 cited in Davis v. State, 294 Md. 370 (1982), in which the court held that “membership in a recognized religious group cannot be required as a condition of exemption from vaccination”. The religious exemption was held to contravene the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and was therefore invalid. The immunization requirement itself was found to be severable and remains in force.

Chapter revised effective March 30, 1992 (19:6 Md. R. 672)

Regulation .03 amended effective April 22, 1996 (23:8 Md. R. 605); May 19, 1997 (24:10 Md. R. 710)

Regulations .01—.10 repealed and new Regulations .01—.10 adopted effective November 24, 2005 (32:23 Md. R. 1826)

Regulation .03 amended effective November 12, 2012 (39:22 Md. R. 1428)

Regulation .03E amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1273); amended permanently effective September 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1560)

Regulation .03F adopted as an emergency provision effective March 20, 2007 (34:8 Md. R. 766); emergency provision expired