IMMUNIZATION RULES
Attention Parent(s) / Guardian(s) of New School entrants
(Kindergarten and Out-of-District Entrants)

     To enter school: State Law* prohibits a principal or teacher from admitting new entrants to school without a record of having received at least one dose of each: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, and Chickenpox (Varicella) vaccine, or a signed exemption

     To stay in school: You must provide the school with a record showing that your child has received all of the following immunizations:

IMMUNIZATIONS

AGES 4 - 6

AGES 7 - 18

Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis**

4 doses are required. If a dose was not given on or after the 4th birthday, a booster dose of DTP is required. Most children will have five doses.

4 doses are required.

POLIO

3 doses are required. If the last dose was not given on or after the 4th birthday, a booster dose is required.  Most children will have four doses.

3 doses are required.

MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA

2 doses are required. The 1st dose must be given on or after the 1st birthday. The 2nd dose must be given at least 28 days from the 1st dose.

2 doses are required. The 1st dose must be given on or after the 1st birthday. The 2nd dose must be given at least 28 days from the 1st dose.

HEPATITIS B

3 doses are required. Minimum of 28 days between 1st and 2nd doses; minimum of 56 days between 2nd and 3rd doses; minimum of 4 months between 1st and 3rd doses; and 3rd dose must be administered on or after 24 weeks or 168 days of age.

VARICELLA
(CHICKEN POX)***

1 dose required on or after 1st birthday.

1 dose is required if received on or after the 1st birthday but prior to the 13th birthday OR 2 doses required, administered at least 28 days apart, if the child received the 1st dose on or after the 13th birthday.

*Exceptions: 1) If immunization is against your religious beliefs, you must sign the exemption that is available at the school, and 2) If immunization is proven to be detrimental to your child’s health or is inappropriate, you must provide signed certification from your child’s physician. Children who have not completed  the required immunizations will be excluded from school until parents provide proof  that ALL REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS have been GIVEN, or have a waiver on file. (Part 92, Act 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended)

Children ages 4-6 must have received 4 doses of pertussis. DT is only       accepted if a signed waiver is on file for that particular dose of pertussis vaccine.
Reliable history of chickenpox disease is acceptable in lieu of the        vaccine