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Saint Clair County board backs confidential physician exemption for family amid rule-12 dispute
Summary
After public comment from a family whose children were removed from school over paperwork, the advisory board endorsed a confidential physician exemption letter written by the county medical director and agreed to pursue a narrower, legally reviewed process for other cases.
The Saint Clair County Advisory Board of Health voted to endorse a confidential physician-issued exemption letter to help a local family whose children were removed from school after the district required use of the state’s certified vaccine-waiver process.
Andrew Everly told the board he submitted the statutory written exemption permitted under Michigan law but that Armada School District removed his son on Nov. 1, 2024, citing the district’s interpretation of state administrative “rule 12.” Medical director Dr. Remington Nevin told board members he believes the rule requires only that schools acknowledge a parent’s exemption and…
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