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It’s time to stop fake medical exemptions and the doctors who are selling them.

California Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who introduced a bill to require the state health department to sign off on medical exemptions and to let the department revoke exemptions that are inconsistent with CDC guidelines. Outbreaks of measles -- a once-eradicated disease -- have been reported in more than a dozen states this year.

California Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who introduced a bill to require the state health department to sign off on medical exemptions and to let the department revoke exemptions that are inconsistent with CDC guidelines. Outbreaks of measles -- a once-eradicated disease -- have been reported in more than a dozen states this year.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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