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Anonymous wrote:Given the incredible difficulty of getting all parents to conform to the rules of getting physicals and immunization records to us on time at child care, I am pretty sure that ballet, soccer, gym, art, et al classes are NOT going to start requiring this. It's a horror show and parents need to be reminded 3 to 4 times to get us things!

You'd think someone would have figure this out by now. You should have electronic, certified copies of these things in an app on your phone and should be able to securely share them with certified activity providers. It would just require some decent encryption.

Center Director here: wouldn't that be LOVELY! So wonderful. Of course, here in the DMV we have issue with families living in a different state from where their childcare is, so I constantly have to make sure my Maryland parents get their doctor to complete the DC health and dental forms. Because the MD ones are NOT THE SAME and NOT GOOD ENOUGH for licensing. So stupid.

Anonymous wrote:Some activities in DC request your DC Universal Health Certificate, which includes vaccine history. And every single camp I've signed up for requires them--some ask for the dates of specific vaccines during the sign-up process.

Seriously, which activities? All childcare, schools and camps require this but music? dance? gymnastics? karate? yoga? I just can't see it.

If you are worried keep you kid home.

I wish they would. DD has a medical exemption for one of the vaccines and I found out on the last day that a parent of a kid in her MYB class doesn’t vaccinate her kids because of some nonsense reason.

I would wager this is less of an issue in DC (where we live), but it didn’t even occur to me that this would be an issue in 2019, yet here we are. I suppose antivaxxers want me to hide their kid away so I don’t intrude on their right to deny their kids healthcare.

Some activities in DC request your DC Universal Health Certificate, which includes vaccine history. And every single camp I've signed up for requires them--some ask for the dates of specific vaccines during the sign-up process.

Every camp we’ve done has required them.

Once there’s an outbreak traced back to a team or a music school or tutoring center, the others will quickly add the requirement. DCUMland is too litigious to resist suing.

The activity organizations are not going to want to have to comply with the additional privacy requirements by collecting medical history.

Our tennis camp required signed statements. Better than nothing, I guess.

Anonymous wrote:Given the incredible difficulty of getting all parents to conform to the rules of getting physicals and immunization records to us on time at child care, I am pretty sure that ballet, soccer, gym, art, et al classes are NOT going to start requiring this. It's a horror show and parents need to be reminded 3 to 4 times to get us things!

You'd think somelme would have figure this out by now. You should have electronic, certified copies of these things in an app on your phone and should be able to securely share them with certified activity providers. It would just require some decent encryption.

I wonder if places will need to have a policy: no vaccine= no play. Noncompliance, forfeits your spot without refund.

Anonymous wrote:Given the incredible difficulty of getting all parents to conform to the rules of getting physicals and immunization records to us on time at child care, I am pretty sure that ballet, soccer, gym, art, et al classes are NOT going to start requiring this. It's a horror show and parents need to be reminded 3 to 4 times to get us things!

+1. It’s so much work to get compliance even when it’s legally required.

Given the incredible difficulty of getting all parents to conform to the rules of getting physicals and immunization records to us on time at child care, I am pretty sure that ballet, soccer, gym, art, et al classes are NOT going to start requiring this. It's a horror show and parents need to be reminded 3 to 4 times to get us things!

Not yet that I know of, but I would expect to see them start popping up in the next few seasons. No one wants an outbreak on their hands.

Nope.

I am beginning to rethink a kids activity because of the recent measles outbreaks. Do you know if any that have policy in place.