AVMA Passes Rabies Waivers
"...AVMA recognizes some animals might require a waiver from rabies vaccination because the vaccination poses an unacceptably high risk to the health of the individual animal..." Permission Granted to Cross-Post |
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| So does this mean anything for dogs in states where there is currently no waiver? Might a vet use this opinion to legally avoid vaccinating unhealthy or abnormal dogs that could be irreparably harmed by a rabies vaccination? |
6Girls wrote: So does this mean anything for dogs in states where there is currently no waiver? Might a vet use this opinion to legally avoid vaccinating unhealthy or abnormal dogs that could be irreparably harmed by a rabies vaccination? This is a policy position of the AVMA & has no "legal" bearing, however, the AVMA is one of the nation's leading associations setting the standard for veterinary medical care. Official recognition by the American Veterinary Medical Association that there are cases in which rabies vaccination "poses an unacceptably high risk to the health of the individual animal" provides a powerful boost to our legislative efforts to incorporate medical exemption clauses into the 35 state laws/regulations which currently do not have them. Every rabies vaccine is labeled that it is for "health" dogs, cats.... so if your veterinarian believes that your dog's medical condition (unhealthy) is such that rabies vaccination "poses an unacceptably high risk" to its health, then they have ample justification & backing for writing a medical waiver. |
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