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St. Clair advisory board presses clinicians on MICR opt-out and debates student vaccine mandates
Summary
After MDHHS updated its Vaccine Information Statement guidance, the advisory board debated whether county clinicians are required to hand parents a MICR opt-out form at vaccination and discussed requests to relax clinical-staff mandates at SC4. Members split on whether the county should act as a 'vaccine choice' sanctuary; no formal policy change was adopted.
The advisory board reviewed recent changes to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) web pages and discussed how those changes affect the Michigan Immunization Registry (MICR) opt-out process.
Medical Director Dr. Remington Nevin pointed the board to captures of the state VIS webpage he included in the packet (a page dated 04/01/2025 and an updated capture dated 12/09/2025) and said the state appears to have moved away from requiring a Michigan-specific VIS to requiring the federal VIS versions available on CDC.gov. "This is a victory," he said, adding that the change has consequences because…
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