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School Health Services Immunizations Requirements

Immunization Requirements for School Entry
2012-2013 School Year

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The immunization record must show that the student has met the minimum state requirement:

Pre-kindergarten
  • Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine or date of disease (year) as verified by parent or physician
  • 3 doses Hepatitis B
  • 4 doses Hib
  • Up to date for age for DTaP, Polio, and MMR

Kindergarten
  • 5 doses DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus)
  • 3-5 doses *Polio vaccine (NEW for Kindergarten 2012)
  • 2 doses MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
  • 3 doses Hepatitis B
  • 2 doses Varicella (chicken pox) or have had the disease

1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students
  • 5 doses DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus)
  • 4 doses Polio vaccine
  • 2 doses MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
  • 3 doses Hepatitis B
  • 2 doses Varicella (chicken pox) or have had the disease

5th and 6th grade students
  • 5 doses DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus)
  • 4 doses Polio vaccine
  • 2 doses MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
  • 3 doses Hepatitis B
  • 1 dose Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine or date of disease as verified by parent or physician

7th through 12th grade students
  • 5 doses DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus)
  • 4 doses Polio vaccine
  • 2 doses MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
  • 3 doses Hepatitis B
  • * 7th and 8th grades: 1 dose Tdap
  • ** 10th - 12 grades: 1 dose Td (tetanus, diphtheria) or 1 dose Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis)
  • *** 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades: 1 dose Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine or have had the disease