Having trouble finding a licensed Washington State practitioner to inform you of the risks and benefits of vaccination (and the targeted illnesses) for your pre-K through grade 12 child and sign that they have done so?
We can help.
Washington State law (cited below) requires parents of preschool through grade 12 children to obtain a signed statement that they received childhood vaccine benefit/risk information from an MD, ND, PA, DO, or ARNP in order for them to assert a personal/philosophical or religious exemption for their child.
For post-secondary students, many colleges and universities, including the University of Washington, have exemption processes that require a licensed health care provider to attest that the student received counseling regarding the benefits and risks of vaccination.
Parents of school-age children use the Washington Department of Health’s school-entry vaccination Certificate of Exemption Form (COE).
Even though the Department of Health has a toolkit for providers (including insurance billing instructions) to emphasize that the law provides for them to facilitate exemptions, it is increasingly difficult to find a Washington-licensed practitioner willing to provide the required information and sign an exemption form for such proof, or a separate letter which can be attached to an exemption form, as per RCW 28.210.090. A legal right that cannot be utilized because of artificial, arbitrary, outside, or coercive barriers threatens the foundation of a free society.
ICWA’s Vaccine Risk/Benefit Practitioner Referral Service helps parents make informed vaccine-product decisions and obtain the signed documentation required by their school to assert an exemption.
ICWA provides this service at no charge, and donations make it possible. Please consider a gift of $10, $25, or any amount that works for you.
Practitioners to whom ICWA refers participants set their own terms and fees for their consultation service.
The corresponding WAC 246-105-050(4)(c) states that a letter from the health care practitioner in lieu of the signed state exemption form is allowed The letter must:
- Register for our free Zoom meeting, which is held online every Wednesday, 7-7:40 Pacific. Attend the meeting, and we will lead you through an overview of resources to help you learn how to find what you need to know to be fully informed in your medical decision making regarding vaccination. We ask for 24 hours’ notice of the class you select, please.
- At the end of the meeting, you will receive a referral to a Washington-licensed practitioner who you can contact to set up a vaccination risk/benefit consultation at which you will receive a signed letter from the practitioner stating they have provided the information. Participating practitioners set their own terms and fees.
