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HEALTH SERVICES: Immunization

IMPORTANT: TDAP Shot Information for 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.

Shot Requirements

Immunization requirements must be met by all students before starting school.   Do not register without proper documentation.

DTP, DtaP, DT, TD : OR TDAP:

MINIMUM 3 DOSES WITH ONE DOSE ON OR AFTER 4TH BIRTHDAY OR
6 DOSES BEFORE 4TH BIRTHDAY
1 BOOSTER BEFORE 6TH GRADE
ALSO REQUIRED IF 7TH AND 8TH GRADER NEW TO NNPS

POLIO (OPV OR IPV):

MINIMUM OF 3 DOSES WITH ONE DOSE ON OR AFTER 4TH BIRTHDAY OR
4 DOSES BEFORE 4TH BIRTHDAY

MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR):

2 DOSES OF MEASLES
1 DOSE OF MUMPS AND RUBELLA
ALL AT 12 MONTHS (365 DAYS) OR OLDER

HEPATITIS B (HEP B):  (Hib is not Hep B)

MINIMUM OF 3 DOSES

VARICELLA (CHICKEN POX):

1 DOSE AT 12 MONTHS (365 DAYS) OR OLDER (IF BORN ON OR AFTER 1/1/97) (School nurse may verify and document parental report of disease)
GRADES PRE-K, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th


CONDITIONAL ENROLLMENT

If no records available, send to Health Department or medical provider where student will receive:

GRADES:

SHOTS:

PRE-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

1DTP, Dtap, DT or Td

  and

  and

9, 10, 11, 12

1 OPV or IPV, 1 MMR, 1 HEP B

PRE-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

ALL ABOVE PLUS CHICKEN POX SHOT

By Virginia state law students should not be enrolled without at least one dose of all required shots.

Updated 02/08

  

Daria Weber, RN, MSN
Supervisor, Health Services
 

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