Immunization Requirements for Kindergarten - 12th Grade Students

Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus - At age 5 or upon entry into kindergarten, five doses of vaccine in any combination are required unless the fourth dose was received on or after the fourth birthday, in which case only four doses are required. Students are 7 or older are required to have at least three doses of a tetanus-diphtheria containing vaccine. One dose of tetanus-diphtheria containing vaccine is required within the last 10 years.

Polio - Upon entry into kindergarten, four doses are required, one of which must have been received on or after the fourth birthday. If the third dose was administered on or after the fourth birthday, only three doses are required. If any combination of four doses of OPV and IPV was received before four years of age, no additional dose is required. (Polio vaccine is not required for students 18 years old or older.)

Measles* (Rubeola) - Two doses of measles-containing vaccine are required. The first dose shall be administered on or after the first birthday with the second dose due by age 5, or upon entry into kindergarten.

Rubella*(German Measles) and Mumps - One dose each of rubella and one dose of mumps vaccine received on or after the first birthday is required. (May be given in MMR combination vaccine.)

Hepatitis B* - Three doses are required for the following school years: (a) 2005-2006 for kindergarten through 11th grade; and (b) Beginning in school year 2006-2007, for all students in kindergarten through 12th grade. (Two dose RECOMBIVAX is acceptable for adolescents 11 to 15 years old.

Varicella* (Chickenpox) - One dose of varicella vaccine received on or after the first birthday is required for the following grades for the following school years: (a) 2005-2006 for kindergarten through fifth grade and seventh through 11th grade; and (b) Beginning in school year 2006-2007, for all students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Two doses are required if the child was 13 years old or older at the time the first dose of varicella vaccine was received. Reliable parent history or physician validation of varicella illness may meet requirement.

• ·Serologic confirmation of illness will meet requirement for Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Varicella and Hepatitis B. Vaccine doses administered less than or equal to four days before the minimum interval or age shall count as valid.

A different schedule and dose series number may apply for children who have delayed immunizations. (Please see school nurse for catch-up schedules and minimum dose intervals. There is no need to restart a series regardless of elapsed time between doses.)

Immunization Requirements for Pre-Kindergarten