Delaware
CALLS TO ACTION
SCHOOL VACCINE MANDATES AND YOUR OPTIONS
What Exemptions does your state offer?
Medical and Religious
What is the process to get a religious exemption in your state?
Religious exemptions must be submitted on the Delaware Affidavit of Religious Belief and must be notarized.
Who can add vaccines to the state's childhood schedule, the department of health or the legislature?
N/A
What health care can minors consent to on their own?
A minor 12 years of age or over who professes to be either pregnant or afflicted with contagious, infectious or communicable diseases, or who professes to be exposed to the chance of becoming pregnant, may give written consent, except to abortion, to any licensed physician, hospital or public clinic for any diagnostic, preventive, lawful therapeutic procedures, medical or surgical care and treatment, including X rays, by any physician licensed for the practice of medicine or surgery or osteopathic medicine or surgery in this State and by any hospital or public clinic, their qualified employees or agents while acting within the scope of their employment.