West Virginia's Religious Exemptions Policy
According to the state's health agency, families seeking religious exemptions to school vaccination policies are not required to provide detailed information about their beliefs.
The Department does not require any extrinsic evidence that the belief system is reasonable, logical, comprehensible, or part of a traditional orthodox religion.
To obtain a religious exemption, families only need to provide basic information, including the student's name, school, parent's name, and mailing address, along with a statement indicating their request for a religious exemption.
The Department of Health considers these applications as a self-evident statement of the families' sincerity, as stated in an affidavit by Justin Davis, interim commissioner of the state Department of Public Health.
Author's summary: West Virginia's health agency has a lenient policy on religious exemptions for school vaccinations.
- Required information for exemption: student's name, school, parent's name, mailing address, and statement of religious exemption
- No extrinsic evidence of belief system is required