OBJECTIVES: In 2015, California passed Senate Bill 227 (SB277), eliminating nonmedical
vaccine exemptions for school entry. Our objective for this study was to describe the
experiences of health officers and immunization staff addressing medical exemption
requests under SB277. METHODS: We conducted semistructured telephone interviews
between August 2017 and September 2017 with health officers and immunization staff from
local health jurisdictions in California. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed …