Kokua Line: How would DOH enforce measles rule at schools?

Question: Regarding the emergency rule suspending the religious exemption for the MMR vaccine for 120 days to prevent a measles outbreak in Hawaii, where can we read the full emergency rule? Will K-12 students with religious exemptions who don’t get the MMR vaccine be kept out of school? If yes, starting when? How will the Department of Health be able to enforce this emergency rule at schools where immunization rec­ords are not up to date? According to the list posted on the DOH website, some schools lack immunization records on more than 60% of their students.

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