Prior to a child’s initial enrollment in any school in American Samoa, one of the following statements must be submitted to the principal or other person having general control and supervision of the school:
(1) a statement signed by a physician that the child has received a tine test for tuberculosis and immunization against red measles and German measles or rubella, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus, by means approved by the chief health officer and that the immunization is currently effective; or
(2) a statement signed by a physician that the physical condition of the child is that immunization would seriously endanger the child’s life or health; or
(3) a statement signed by the child’s parent or guardian that the child has not been immunized as prescribed in paragraph (1) because the child is being reared as an adherent of a religious denomination whose teachings are opposed to that immunization.
History: 1982, PL 17-33.