June 14, 2012, Introduced by Senator HUNE and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20174.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 20174. (1) An employee of a health facility or agency is
exempt from immunization otherwise mandated by the health facility
agency without recourse or termination of employment, if the
employee states in writing that he or she refuses immunizations due
to religious convictions or other conscientious objection to the
mandated immunization.
(2) This section does not apply during the period of time when
the world health organization designates an outbreak of a disease
as a "phase 6 outbreak" for that specific disease and the health
facility or agency is trying to control or respond to that
outbreak. During the time described in this subsection only, a
health facility or agency may require an employee to receive an
immunization for the specific disease that is the subject of the
world health organization's phase 6 outbreak designation.