| HEALTH SERVICES: Health Requirements for School
Entry
IMPORTANT: TDAP Shot Information for all 6th Grade
Entry
- Virginia law requires 6th grade schedules
to be held if no documentation is provided prior to start of school.
- TDAP shots available for children at age
10 at the Peninsula Health Department (757-594-7410).
- Your child's physician may wait until
age 11 to give this required shot; if so, we must have
written documentation from your doctor.
Immunization requirements must be met by all students before
starting school. Do not register without proper documentation. All
school personnel registering students need to be able to evaluate
documentation presented by parents/guardians. Please confer with
the school nurse to understand the health requirements.
Whooping Cough for 6th Grade: Virginia state law requires the Tdap booster be given prior to entry into 6 th grade. See your private doctor or the Health Department. In 2004 there were 25,827 report cases in the U.S. However, since whooping cough is often mistaken for other illnesses, it is estimated that over 1 million people get it every year. Preteens and teenagers are at risk since the protection from whooping cough shots given to babies begins to wear off after 5 to 10 years.
In order for students to attend a school, the following is required
by Virginia
state law:
- A certificate from a licensed physician stating that the student
has been successfully immunized against communicable diseases
as required by state law at the time of registration.
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DTP, DtaP, DT, TD or Tdap: Minimum of 3 doses with one
dose on or after 4th birthday or 6 doses before 4th birthday.
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TDAP BOOSTER SHOT BEFORE 6TH GRADE AND NEW 7TH AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS
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Polio (OPV or IPV): Minimum of 3 doses with one
dose on or after 4th birthday or 4 doses before 4th birthday.
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Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR): 2 doses of measles,
1 dose of mumps and rubella, all at 12 months (365 days)
or older.
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Hepatitis B (Hep B): Minimum of 3 doses, all grades.
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Varicella (Chicken Pox): 1 dose at 12 months (365
days) or older (if born on or after 1/1/97), Pre-K, K, 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th (School nurse may verify and document parental report of disease)
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The certificate must show the number of doses of each immunization
given, including the month, day, and year administered.
If complete dates are not available then the record must
be certified by a medical doctor or a health department
official. If a student has no immunization record (for
any reason), they can be conditionally enrolled with one
dose of DPT, OPV, MMR, Hepatitis B and Chicken Pox (if applicable),
and a plan for series completion. There is no
grace period for immunizations. This is the law.
- Students being admitted for the first time to any NNPS elementary
school (Pre-K through grade 5), are required to provide a report
of a comprehensive physical examination, signed by a licensed
physician or nurse practitioner, performed within twelve months
of the initial enrollment date.* Students who have never been
enrolled in a school before must have their physical exam completed
on the Virginia State Form
(MCH 213-F). Attach First Step or kindergarten out-of-state
physicals to the MCH 213-F.
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For students transferring into NNPS K-5, a copy of a physical
examination in their cumulative record, which meets the
above requirements, will be accepted. For Pre-K transfers,
only physicals from NNPS PEEP program, First Step, and N.N.
Head Start will be accepted. All other Pre-K students must
have a physical within 12 months of enrollment date** into
NNPS.
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All students may have a grace period not to exceed 30 school
days to obtain the required physical examination. (Note:
This does not apply to immunizations.) Students who
have not obtained a physical by the end of the grace period
will be excluded from school until the required document
is provided. While excused absences, this will be referred
to Attendance
*The initial enrollment date is the first date of school attendance
in any school system (K through 5).
**Enrollment date in NNPS is the first date of attendance, not
registration.
Updated 02/08 |
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