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Vaccine |
Immunization Schedule |
| Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis
(DTP, DTaP, Tdap ) |
A minimum of four doses of DTP are required
for every child less than seven years of age. One dose must
have been administered on or after the fourth birthday.
For children over seven years of age, three
doses of Td or a combination of DTP and Td to total three doses
(appropriately spaced) shall meet the requirement.
Beginning September, 2008, children born on or
after January 1, 1997 and entering Grade 6 must have received a
Tdap booster given no earlier than their 10th birthday and at
least 5 years after their last dose of Td. |
| Polio |
A minimum of three doses of live trivalent
oral polio virus vaccine (OPV) or inactivated polio virus
vaccine (IPV) are required for children less than seven years of
age. One dose must be administered on or after the fourth
birthday.
Three doses of OPV or IPV, appropriately
spaced for children over seven years of age, shall meet the
requirement. |
| Measles |
Two doses of measles vaccine administered on
or after the first birthday are required for children born on or
after 1/1/90.
One dose of measles vaccine on or after the
first birthday is required for children born before 1/1/90.
Children who present documented laboratory
evidence of measles immunity shall not be required to receive
the measles vaccine. |
| Mumps |
One dose of mumps vaccine administered on or
after the first birthday is required.
Students who present documented laboratory
evidence of mumps immunity shall not be required to receive the
mumps vaccine. |
| Rubella |
One dose of rubella vaccine administered on
or after the first birthday is required.
Students who present documented laboratory
evidence of rubella immunity shall not be required to receive
the rubella vaccine. |
| Hepatitis B |
Students born on or after 1/1/96 must have
received three doses of Hepatitis B vaccine.
Students born on or after 1/1/90, and entering
grade 6 must have received three doses of Hepatitis B vaccine.
Students born on or after 1/1/89, entering,
attending, or transferring into grades 9-12 shall have received
two to three doses of Hepatitis B vaccine (depending on
regimen).
Students who present documented evidence of
Hepatitis disease shall not be required to receive the Hepatitis
B vaccine . |
| Varicella |
Students born on or after 1/1/98, must have
received one dose of Varicella vaccine on or after the first
birthday.
Students whose physician submits a statement
of past history of Varicella disease, or serological evidence of
immunity shall not be required to receive the Varicella vaccine. |
| T.B. Testing |
Children enrolling in our schools who are
entering from certain foreign countries must undergo TB testing
unless they have been tested within the past six months.
Verification from a physician is required to substantiate this
claim. |
| Meningococcal Vaccine |
Beginning September 2008, students born on or
after January 1, 1997 and entering Grade 6 must have received
one dose of a meningococcal-containing vaccine, given on or
after the 11th birthday. |
| Pneumococcal and Influenza
Vaccines |
Beginning September 2008, pre-school students age
12-59 months must have received one dose of Pneumococcal (PCV)
on or after their first birthday and influenza vaccine annually
between September 1 and December 31 of each year. |
