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Vaccine |
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Three (3) or more doses |
Diphtheria toxoid:
Any combination of DPT, DTap, or DPT/Hib (Tetramune)
totaling three is acceptable. |
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Three (3) or more doses |
Pertussis and tetanus:
For students born on or after January 1,
2005, three or more doses of pertussis, and tetanus are
required. Any combination of DPT, DTap, or DPT/Hib (Tetramune)
totaling three is acceptable. |
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One (1) dose |
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Three (3) or more doses |
Poliomyelitis:
Requirements for poliomyelitis vaccination
may be satisfied by either three or more doses or oral polio
virus vaccine (OPV or TOPV); or three does of enhanced
inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine (EIPV or IPV.*) * IPV
administered in the United States after 1988 is presumed to be
EIPV. |
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One (1) or two (2) doses |
Measles vaccine: One dose of live measles vaccine is required
for children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade who
were born prior to January 1, 1985. For students born on
or after January 1, 1985, two doses of live
measles vaccine are required. The first does must be given no
more than four (4) days before the child's first birthday and
the second on or after 15 months. |
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One (1) dose |
Rubella: The requirements for rubella vaccination are to be
satisfied by a single dose of live rubella virus given no more
than four (4) days before the child's first birthday, or a
record showing serological evidence of rubella antibodies. This
requirement may be waived for female students who have reached
11 years of age. |
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One (1) dose |
Mumps: The requirement for mumps vaccination is satisfied by a
single dose of live mumps virus vaccine given no more than four
days before a child's first birthday. |
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Three (3) doses |
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B:
A
child entering or attending any school prior to kindergarten
(public, private or parochial child care centers, day nursery,
day-care agency, nursery school or preschool) must show proof of
receipt of Hib vaccine. Three doses of the vaccine are required
if given before 15 months old. Only one (1) dose of the vaccine
is required if given on or after 15 months old. Hib is not a
requirement for kindergarten entry and attendance. |
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Three (3) doses |
Hepatitis B:
Children born on or after January 1, 1993,
must complete a series of three hepatitis B vaccinations to
enter any day care, nursery, Head Start, pre-kindergarten, or
other school program. All students enrolled in 7th grade
beginning September 1, 2000, must receive the hepatitis B
series--three doses of Recombivax HB, Engerix B or 2 doses of
adult hepatitis B vaccine for children 11 to 15 years old. |
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One (1) dose |
Varicella: Children born on or after January 1, 2000, must receive
the varicella vaccine before enrolling in any school. Students
born on or after January 1, 1994, and who enroll in the 6th
grade at the beginning of 2005-06 school year must be immunized
against varicella. Students born on or after January 1, 1994,
and who transfer into 6th grade from another state or country
after January 1, 2005, must be immunized against varicella.
Special education students in gradesless classes who were born
on or after January 1, 1994, must be immunized against by
September 2005. Students born on or after January 1, 1994, who
are repeating the 6th grade in 2005-06 school year must be
immunized against varicella. |
All of the
above immunizations must be documented by your physician or health
department, or must be from an official copy of the immunization record
from the child's previous school. To download a copy of the immunization
requirements, follow this link.
A student may be exempt from any or all
immunizations if a physician certifies that such immunizations may be
detrimental to the child's health.
No certificate of immunization shall be
required as a prerequisite to attending school for children whose
parents/guardians hold genuine and sincere religious beliefs that are
contrary to the practice of immunization.
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