California Health and Safety Code

§ 120372

HSC § 120372 Effective Sep 17, 2025Div. 105 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) By January 1, 2021, the department shall develop and make available for use by licensed physicians and surgeons an electronic, standardized, statewide medical exemption certification form that shall be transmitted directly to the department’s California Immunization Registry (CAIR) established pursuant to Section 120440. Pursuant to Section 120375, the form shall be printed, signed, and submitted directly to the school or institution at which the child will attend, submitted directly to the governing authority of the school or institution, or submitted to that governing authority through the CAIR where applicable. Notwithstanding Section 120370, commencing January 1, 2021, the standardized form shall be the only documentation of a medical exemption that the governing authority may accept.

(2)At a minimum, the form shall require all of the following information:

(A)The name, California medical license number, business address, and telephone number of the physician and surgeon who issued the medical exemption, and of the primary care physician of the child, if different from the physician and surgeon who issued the medical exemption.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 105, Sec. 29. (AB 144) Effective September 17, 2025.