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School Immunization Requirements
Children enrolling in child care facilities, pre-school, pre-Kindergarten
· Infants entering child care facilities must be up-to-date at the time of enrollment and are required to provide an updated certificate after completing all of the required vaccines due by 18 months of age.
· Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DTaP, or DT if appropriate)
· Poliomyelitis (IPV or OPV)
· Measles, Mumps, Rubella (1 dose of each, usually given together as MMR)
· Varicella (1 dose or history of disease)
· Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) – age younger than 5 years only
· Hepatitis B (HBV)
· Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) – age younger than 5 years only
· Hepatitis A – 1 dose, required by 18 months of age or older
Children enrolling in Kindergarten
· Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DTaP, or DT if appropriate)
· Hepatitis B (HBV)
· Measles, Mumps, Rubella (2 doses of each, usually given together as MMR)
· Poliomyelitis (IPV or OPV) – final dose on or after the 4th birthday now required
· Varicella (2 doses or history of disease): previously only one dose was required (July 1, 2010)
· Hepatitis A –total of 2 doses, spaced at least 6 months apart (July 1, 2011)
All children entering 7th grade (including currently enrolled students)
· Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis booster (“Tdap”) – not required if a Td booster dose given less than 5 years before 7th grade entry is recorded on the DTaP/Td line (no later than October 1, 2010)
· Verification of immunity to varicella – 2 doses or history of disease
Children who are new enrollees in a TN school in grades other than Kindergarten or 7th
· Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DTaP, or DT if appropriate)
· Measles, Mumps, Rubella (2 doses of each, usually given together as MMR)
· Poliomyelitis (IPV or OPV) – final dose on or after the 4th birthday
· Varicella (2 doses or history of disease) – previously only one dose was required
· Hepatitis B (HBV) – previously only for Kindergarten, 7th grade entry
Full-time Tennessee college students
· Measles, Mumps, Rubella (2 doses of each, usually given together as MMR): if born on or after January 1, 1957 only.
· Varicella (2 doses or history of disease): if born on or after January 1, 1980 only, Effective (July 1, 2011)
· Hepatitis B (HBV) – only for health science students expected to have patient contact (before patient contact begins). Effective (July 1, 2011) |