Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus

Vaccine Requirement

Child Care Facility, Preschool, Early Childhood, Pre-Kindergarten Programs

Three doses of DTP or DTaP by 1 year of age. One additional booster dose by 2nd birthday.

Kindergarten through 12th Grade

First Entry into School (Kindergarten or 1st Grade)

Four or more doses of DTP/DTaP with the last dose being a booster and received on or after the 4th birthday.

Polio

Vaccine Requirement

Child Care Facility, Preschool, Early Childhood, Pre-Kindergarten Programs

Two doses by 1 year of age. One additional dose by 2nd birthday.

Three doses for any child 24 months of age or older appropriately spaced.

Kindergarten through 12th Grade

First Entry into School (Kindergarten or 1st Grade)

Starting school year 2017-2018 any child entering Kindergarten shall show proof of 4 dose series with the last dose on or after the 4th birthday.

• In accordance with the ACIP catch-up series a fourth dose of Polio is not needed if the third dose was administered at age four or older and at least six months after the previous dose was administered.

This is a progressive requirement starting in 2017-2018. For the 2022-2023 school year, the four-dose requirement applies to grades K-5

Other Grades

Three or more doses of polio vaccine with the last dose on or after the 4th birthday.

Measles

Vaccine Requirement

Child Care Facility, Preschool, Early Childhood, Pre-Kindergarten Programs

One dose on or after the 1st birthday.

Kindergarten through 12th Grade

Two doses of measles vaccine, the first dose must have been received on or after the 1st birthday and the second dose no less than 4 weeks (28 days) later.

Minimum Intervals Allowed Between Doses and Other Options for Proof of Immunity

Proof of prior measles disease shall be verified with date of illness signed by a physician or laboratory evidence of measles immunity. A diagnosis of measles disease made by a physician on or after July 1, 2002 must be confirmed by laboratory evidence.