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California law
requires that each student entering school for the first time provide
written evidence, unless an exemption is signed, that he or she has
been immunized.
The evidence must
show the month and year that each immunization was received. Since
July 1999, California law also requires specific immunizations prior
to entering the seventh grade.
Students need the
following immunizations:
Important
— effective July 1,
2001, a new immunization
will be required for kindergarten registration: 1 dose for
Chickenpox (Varicella) on or after the first birthday.
• Polio
- At least three doses, unless the last dose was given before the
fourth birthday, in which case one additional dose is required.
• DPT -
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
a. Children six
years of age and younger need four doses, but if the last dose was
given before age four, another dose is required.
b. Children seven
years of age and older need three doses of any combination of DPT, DT
or Td, but if the last dose was given before age two, one more dose of
Td is required. Pertussis (P) is not required after the seventh
birthday.
c. For seventh
grade, effective July 1999, 1 dose Td booster, not required but
recommended if more than five years have passed since last DTP, DT or
Td dose.
• Measles (Rubeola),
Rubella (German Measles) and Mumps
For entering
kindergarten, two doses of MMR are required. Both doses of MMR must be
on or after the first birthday.
a. For grades one
to six, one dose of MMR, on or after the first birthday. An additional
dose of MMR is re-commended, but not required.
b. For grade
seven, two doses, both on or after first birthday. Mumps vaccine is
not required for children aged seven or older.
• Hepatitis B
a. Three doses are
required for kindergarten entry.
b. Three doses are
required for seventh grade
• Varicella
(Chickenpox) effective July 1, 2001
a. 1 dose on or
after first birthday.
b. Out of state
entrants, grades 1-12, 1 dose for children under 13 years, 2 doses if
immunized on or after 13th birthday.
The Child Health
and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) requires that each pupil
entering first grade have the “Certification of Physical Examination
for Entry into Grade One” completed or a signed waiver, which may be
obtained at the school.
This physical
examination may be completed within six months prior to starting
kindergarten, or within 90 days after beginning first grade. The
family’s usual source of health care may be used to obtain this health
examination screening.
CHDP providers
offer the checkup and needed boosters free to lower income families.
Forms and other information are
available from the Health Services office, 643-9412. | 
