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Today there are no pre-signed forms, blank forms being handed out at your office or being handed out? >> the first dozen people i met with early on all had to come back and get new forms. i had already examined those people. i did not need to reexamine those people. so there were forms where we had them ready for those parents, okay, but it wasnt somebody coming in willy-nilly without meeting us and being given an exemption form. >> reporter: are you the only doctor in your practice who was sign...

>> this woman started the group stop the spread srq. she says one of her friends was handed this medical exemption form from dan bushs office without ever meeting him or having his children evaluated. notice its blank. no medical or evaluation information. just looks like the chiropractors signature at the bottom. >> to write mask exemptions without seeing the child. >> dan bush denied to local media he signed forms without seeing parents. >> i have not given exemptions to any parent that i have...

Why wont you answer a question about it? >> because i dont need to. >> how do you feel about them not accepting your exemption forms. >> when we asked his lawyer earlier about speaking with his client, he said bush had no comment. still, bush has become somewhat of a champion here in sarasota county. to parents looking for a way out of the school mask mandate. telling local media recently. >> its not a political thing. i am not an anti-mask person, anti-vax person. but i am a pro-freedom, pro-ch...

To us about it? are you examining each and every child youre writing exemption forms for sph. >> this wasnt about me. this was about parents freedoms. >> reporter: are you putting childrens lives at risk by signing these forms? why not? why wont you answer a question about it? >> because i dont need to. >> reporter: how do you feel about them not accepting your kb exemption forms. when we asked his lawyer earlier about speaking with his client he said bush has no comment. still bush has become a...

Local media hes signed forms without seeing parents. >> ive not given exemptions to any parent i do not know of. >> reporter: meanwhile in part because of his actions the sarasota school district told us theyve updated the mask policy and only except medical exemptions from medical doctors. to be clear chiropractors are not medical doctors and the district will not accept their signed exemption forms. the school district also told us theyve rejected about 650 medical exemption forms and that the...

Im sure you had a lot of questions for that chiropractor. >> yeah, anderson. i certainly did. i wanted to sit down with him for a real interview. i wanted to ask him why hes signing these medical exemption forms, what his evaluation process is for these students, why he thinks hes qualified to sign these exemption forms. but instead of this thoughtful interview which i was looking for, we had to try to catch with him in the back alley of his office, which i did. we spoke with one woman who didnt...

Doctors, osteopathic physicians, and nurse practitioners. to be clear, chiropractors are not medical doctors. and the district will not accept their signed exemption forms. the school district also told us they have rejected about 650 medical exemption forms and that the majority of the declined exemptions were from dan bushs practice. yet, this past weekend, dan bush was at a mask exemption evaluation event which more than 1,200 people reportedly attended. the flyer noted medical records helpfu...

Rejected about 650 medical exemption forms and that the majority of the declined exemptions were from dan bushs practice. yet this past weekend dan bush was at a mask exemption evaluation event which more than 1200 people reportedly attended. the flier noted medical records, helpful, but not mandatory. i really wanted to have a thoughtful conversation with this doctor but instead we had to catch up with him as you saw in the back alley at his office. i wanted to ask him why hes signing these med...

Down. >> reporter: its just after sunrise outside this chiropractic office in venice, florida, when we spot chiropractor dan bush, hes just arrived for work in his pickup. hard to miss the red, white and blue splash and freedom fighters painted on it. >> how are you. randi kaye with cnn. >> yeah, im not interested. >> i just want to ask you about the exemption forms that you are signing. >> i already made a statement. >> i know. >> we already made a statement. >> why wont you talk to us about it...