A quick search on Google (how keen *were* you, Local - it took me all of about 30s) found a useful website with a searchable database of
Maine state laws. Becca's second reference is to this one:-

http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/20-a/title20-asec6355.html

First off, it's not gibberish. Don't be quoting "color of law", "in loco parentis" and other stuff, and then blanch at a perfectly clear bit of text. And it really *is* clear. I'm sorry, but if you can't follow that text then you're in trouble.

Second off, Becca did *not* give a full quote - she missed exemptions 2 and 3. Exemption 2 allows for a doctor to say that it's not "medically advisable". Note that *your* opinion doesn't matter a damn, you need a doctor to state their opinion as a medical expert. If you can find one, you're OK. If not, exemption 3 allows for Jehovah's Witnesses or others who have a deeply-held religious/philosophical belief relating to medical matters. Now you might be able to get away with this one, depending on how you approach it. I suspect "Ain't no Yankee pencilneck gonna tell me what to do" would be insufficient here. ;-) So here's where you hit the trouble I mentioned - if you can't read this text and figure out how you're going to work your objection, you're screwed before you start. Unless you fancy getting a lawyer on board to do it for you, of course, in which case you'd better check how deep you think your pockets are.

Third off, "They may ask you to sign a waiver, but even that is illegal, because you can't be made to sign anything against your will. Your verbal request should be enough." Now this one I really don't get - do you really know nothing of how organisations with public contact work? The #1 rule for any public-facing organisation is CYA. Let's suppose that morally-deficient weasels exist and that one of them has a daughter. He tells the school verbally not to vaccinate her, so they don't. Five years on, she gets cancer. MDW sues the school for not vaccinating her. "What do you mean, I told you not to? Why would I do that? You're obviously lying to save your job. What proof do you have that I told you?" Hence written waivers. If you've never met this situation before, you must have led a seriously sheltered life.

Graham.