After implementing a strict vaccination law last year, California has not penalized any physicians for writing patients unnecessary medical exemptions, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
The law, which was passed in 2015, prohibits parents from using religious or personal beliefs as a reason to not vaccinate their children. Instead, physicians decide if patients should be medically exempt from vaccinations. Under the law, medical exemptions tripled, according to the LA Times.
This makes the law easy to sidestep, experts told the LA Times, and its effects have been less sweeping than many anticipated. However, opponents of the law say it has scared some physicians into avoiding writing any medical exemptions, even when necessary.
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