The council also voted for an emergency bill allowing medical providers to vaccinate minors after seeking permission from a parent or legal guardian.
that allows residents 65 and older to self-certify for medical marijuana until Sept. 30; everyone who self-certifies will be enrolled in the city’s medical marijuana registry.The council on Tuesday also passed emergency legislation that allows medical providers to vaccinate minors after seeking permission from a parent or legal guardian.
The bill, introduced by Council member Vincent C. Gray , comes more than two years after the council approved a similar measure that allowed children as young as 11 to get vaccines without their parents’ knowledge — if a doctor determined that they are capable of informed consent. But a federal judge last year barred D.C. from enforcing that law after parents said the legislation violates religious liberty.
by the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to children as long as there was a “reasonable” attempt to contact their parents or a guardian. The bill makes exceptions for children who are homeless, emancipated or separated from their parents.Council member Trayon White Sr.
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