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SUNY Adirondack Office of Records and Registration
ADDRESS: 640 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804-1445
CALL: 518.743.2279 | FAX: 518.832.7601 | EMAIL: registrar@sunyacc.edu
REQUESTFORRELIGIOUSEXEMPTIONTOCOVID19IMMUNIZATIONFORM
StudentswhoholdgenuineandsincerereligiousbeliefsthatarecontrarytoCOVID19Vaccinationmaybeexemptafter
submittingapersonallywrittenstatement,inone’sownwordsbasedontherequirementsbelow.Torequestareligious
exemptionfromtheSUNYCOVID19Vaccina
tionrequirement,ple asecompletethisformandsubmitittotheOfficeof
RegistrationandRecords.Adecisionregardingyourrequestwillbereleasedthroughyourcampuswolfmailaccount.
STUDENTINFORMATION:
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ASTNAME,FIRSTNAMEDOBSTUDENTIDNUMBER
STUDENTSTATEMENT:
Please respond to the questions below, if additional space is needed, please attach additional pages. General
philosophicalormoralobjectionstovaccines,articles/othermediasourcesopposingvaccines,orcopiesofwritingdone
bysomeoneelsemaynotbeusedaspartofanyexemptionrequest.
1. Howreceivingthevaccinationconfl
ictswithyoursincerereligiousbelieforpracticeby:
a. Describingthenatureandtenets[thedoctrine,principleorposition]ofyourreligiousbelief
b. Describingthepractices,ritualsandobservancesofyourreligiousbelief
c. Sharingwhen,whereandhowyouhaveadheredorembracedthereligiousbeli
eforpractice
d. Providingna
mesofotherswhomayhaveobservedone’spastadherencetoyourreligiousbelieforpractice
2. How not receiving the vaccination will not otherwise prevent comple tion of your programmatic or curricular
requirementsoftheacademicprogram.
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Pleasenotethatthecampusreservestherighttorequestadditionaldocumentationtosupportthisrequest.
Pleasecheckeachboxtoacknowledgeeachstatement:
Whilemyrequestispending,IunderstandthatImustcomplywiththecampus’COVID19relatedhealthandsafety
protocols (e.g., masks/face coverings, social distan
cing, regular surveillance testin
g) applicable to unvaccinated or
partiallyvaccinatedindividualsasaconditionofmyphysicalpresence inaSUNYFacility.
Ifmyrequestisgranted,IunderstandthatIwillberequiredtocomplywiththecampus’COVID19relatedhealthand
safetyprotocols(e.g.,mask/facecoverings,socialdistancing
,regularsurveillancetesting)ifaccessingaSUNYFacility as
aconditionofmyongoingphysicalpresence.IamawarethatshouldaCOVID19outbreakoccuratthecampusthatI
may be excludedfromall inperson classes and activities and that if I am enrolled in courses that re
quire a physical
presenceoncampusthatImay notbe abletocompletemyacademiccoursework remotely.I acknowledge thatany
refundImightbeentitledtointhecaseofaCOVID19outbreakwouldbesubjecttoallexistingSUNYpolicies.
Icertifythatmystatementabove,andallsupportin
gdocumentation,aretrueandaccurate,andthatIholdasincere
andgenuinereligiousbeliefthatiscontrarytothereceiptoftheCOVID19vaccination.
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TUDENTSIGNATURE*DATE
*ParentorLegalGuardianmustsignifthestudentisunder18yearsoldasoffirstdayofclasses.