sign waiver? lots of q's

I refuse to do it, no matter how it is worded.

I would write, I refuse to sign this.

It is a matter of principal for me. Some offices have the 'old' refusal form and others have a 'nicer' one that still says I understand the implications for not vaccinating. And some Dr.s have one that simply says, "I opt out."  It has been mentioned to cross out the offending bits and edit as you like.. " I understand that not vaccinating can put my child at risk."

GL!

The doctors office form is totally different from the state forms. They are just asking you to sing that to cover their own butts. They want to make sure that you don't come back on them if your child gets sick from NOT vaccinating. Somewhere at sometime, I am sure they have a waiver for those parents who DO vaccinate too. In the many years that I have been doing this, I know I have initialed off on vaccinations (makes me sick). The state exemption is for daycare, preschool, public school. If you choose not to vaccinate, then you won't need a state exemption until the child attends something with the public that requires it. The doctors office forms are at your discretion, but like the nurse said...if you don't sign it, they can ask you to find another doc. I personally would go ahead and move on. Our docs office has never asked me to sign anything to cover their butts. Okay on your others q's....If you even refuse only ONE shot, you must get an exemption for the school. My son is 6 and he had been vaccinated for everything until about ayear ago when they informed me (forcefully, I might add) that he needed ANOTHER varicella..I politely declined and thats when I decided to join this group for the information. I got the exemption for that vaccine and it covers any vaccine. So technically even though hes had all the other ones, I don't have to do it again. I have not had to have any exemptions for the other kids, but I know before its all said and done, I will. The state form and your doc don't have anything to do with one another. My doctor was not involved in my religious exemption. I told him that I did it, but I didn't ask his permission. The schools that allow a religious exemption are state forms or your own letter (depending on what your state requires) of personaly belief that you do not participate in the practice. The doc has NO say in this. THe only reason the doctor would be involved is if you were filing a medical exemption. Just ask if you have any other questions. Many of these moms are even more knowledgable than I am about it. I am very familiar with the exemptions, but as far as the actual vaccines...someone else could answer that.

i have heard the same thing that you can be charged with negelect i signed when i lived upstate they told me it was manitory when the child turns a year the doctor i have now also told me i have to sign one it dosen t bother me i agree that if you don t have to don t sign it  i like my doc and my son is a healthy boy i could careless what a piece of paper says either way if something happen to your child you can still sue the doctor there are loop holes in everything she dosen t pressure me to vax  

Quoting momofsaee:

The doctors office form is totally different from the state forms. They are just asking you to sing that to cover their own butts. They want to make sure that you don't come back on them if your child gets sick from NOT vaccinating. Somewhere at sometime, I am sure they have a waiver for those parents who DO vaccinate too. In the many years that I have been doing this, I know I have initialed off on vaccinations (makes me sick). The state exemption is for daycare, preschool, public school. If you choose not to vaccinate, then you won't need a state exemption until the child attends something with the public that requires it. The doctors office forms are at your discretion, but like the nurse said...if you don't sign it, they can ask you to find another doc. I personally would go ahead and move on. Our docs office has never asked me to sign anything to cover their butts. Okay on your others q's....If you even refuse only ONE shot, you must get an exemption for the school. My son is 6 and he had been vaccinated for everything until about ayear ago when they informed me (forcefully, I might add) that he needed ANOTHER varicella..I politely declined and thats when I decided to join this group for the information. I got the exemption for that vaccine and it covers any vaccine. So technically even though hes had all the other ones, I don't have to do it again. I have not had to have any exemptions for the other kids, but I know before its all said and done, I will. The state form and your doc don't have anything to do with one another. My doctor was not involved in my religious exemption. I told him that I did it, but I didn't ask his permission. The schools that allow a religious exemption are state forms or your own letter (depending on what your state requires) of personaly belief that you do not participate in the practice. The doc has NO say in this. THe only reason the doctor would be involved is if you were filing a medical exemption. Just ask if you have any other questions. Many of these moms are even more knowledgable than I am about it. I am very familiar with the exemptions, but as far as the actual vaccines...someone else could answer that.

thank you, this was helpful