{"id":2446,"date":"2020-08-22T01:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T01:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/?page_id=2446"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:13:35","slug":"policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccination Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vaccination-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vaccination-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vaccination-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vaccination.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Mama Doc Pediatrics we require that all patients follow and comply with the current <strong><em>American Academy of Pediatrics<\/em><\/strong> recommendations for childhood vaccinations. The only exception to this requirement is a medical contraindication of vaccination for an individual patient. Our current policy allows for the following vaccines to be optional: COVID-19, influenza, HPV, and RSV. If a patient or caretaker of the patient refuses vaccination of any or all recommended vaccines at the recommended age, we will allow for a thirty-day grace period from date of letter to the family. In order to continue as a patient at Mama Doc Pediatrics, the patient must receive the refused vaccine within the thirty-day grace period. If the family does not comply with these requirements, we will discharge <strong>the patient and any siblings<\/strong> from the practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We respect your right as a parent to refuse vaccinations; however, due to the risks of exposure, transmission, and infections with vaccine preventable illnesses, we cannot risk exposing our patients, providers, and staff to these illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] &nbsp; At Mama Doc Pediatrics we require that all patients follow and comply with the current American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for childhood vaccinations. The only exception to this requirement is a medical contraindication of vaccination for an individual&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2770,"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2446\/revisions\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamadocpediatrics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}