Religious Objections / Medical Exemptions

In accordance with rules adopted by the Illinois Department of Public Health, a student will be exempted from the Health, Eye, and Dental Examination and Immunization requirements for:

1) religious grounds if the student’s parents/guardians completed and presented the IDPH’s Certificate of Religious Exemption form to the Superintendent or designee. When a Certificate of Religious Exemption form is presented, the Superintendent or designee shall immediately inform the parents/guardians of exclusion procedures pursuant to Board Policy 7:280, Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease, and state rules if there is an outbreak of one or more diseases from which the  student is not protected;

2) health examination or immunization requirements on medical grounds, if the examining physician, advanced registered practice nurse, or physician assistant provides written verification;

3) eye examination requirement, if the student’s parents/ guardians show an undue burden or lack of access to a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches who provides eye examinations or a licensed optometrist; 4) dental examination requirement, if the student’s parents/guardians show an undue burden or a lack of access to a dentist.

ILLINOIS CERTIFICATE OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS AND/OR EXAMINATIONS FORM