Proposed school, daycare vaccine changes are challenged in administrative court

A health care worker places a bandage on a child after giving a vaccination shot. New federal guidance to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 comes as states including Florida are already charting their own course on vaccine policy. (Photo by Scott Housley/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis didn t follow rulemaking procedures and overstepped its authority when it proposed eliminating four required vaccines for school and daycare entry, a rule challenge filed in state administrative court alleges. K.O., a school nurse with three young children; T.F., a 70-year old individual with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; and Jacksonville family physician Danielle Carter filed the challenge in administrative court on Friday along with the Florida Academy of Family Physicians. The plaintiffs seek an administrative hearing and determination that the Department of Health lacks authorization to eliminate requirements th