Immunization Requirements

^{TEXAS IMMUNICATION LAW}

^{(Title 25. Health Services, Chapter 97 TAC 97.61-97.77) These immunizations are required of all students entering, attending, enrolled, and/or transferring to child-care facilities, public schools, private schools, nonpublic school, or parochial schools.}

^{Pre-Kindergarten
The Texas Department of Health has issued new requirments for all 4 year old children entering any child-care facility, Head Start Program or Pre-Kindergarten class.}

^{Diphtheria/ Tetanus/Pertussis (DTP DT /TD)}
^{5 doses are required unless the 4th dose was given on or after the 4th birthday}^{Polio
4 Doses are required unless the 3rd was given on or after the 4th birthday}

^{Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR): 2 doses of a meal\sles containing vaccine with the 1st dose given on or after the 1st birthday and the 2nd dose given by age 5.}

^{Hepatitis B: 3 doses are required}

^{Varicella (Chickenpox):1 dose given on or after the first birthday}

^{New! Hepatitis A: 2 doses with the first dose given on or after the 2nd birthday}

^{New! Pneumococcal Baccine (PCV): 3 doses are given befor 12 months with a booster given at 15 months.}

^{Kindergarten through 4th grade:}

^{Diphtheria/ Tetanus/Pertussis (DTP DT /TD)}
^{Four (4) doses (with the last dose given after the fourth birthday)
Doptheria, Tentanus, Pertussis (DTP,STaP or DT) :}^{5 doses are required unless the 4th dose was given on or after the 4th birthday}^Polio^{4 Doses are required unless the 3rd dose was given on or after the 4th birthday}^{Measles, Mumps , Rubella (MMR): 2 doses of measles containing vaccine with the 1st dose given on or after the 1st birthday and the 2nd dose given by age 5.}^{HIB (Haemophilu Influenza) Type B}^{Three (3) doses}^{Hepatitis B}^{3 doses are required}^{Baricella (Chicken pox): 1 dose given on or after the first birthday.
If your child has had the disease, you will need to fill out a Chicke}^{Verification Form}

^{Pre=K and Kindergarten students may not attend school unless they have received their immunizations. Children in first grade and older are allowed 30 days to receive records from the school previously attended.}

^{Proof of immunization may be personal records by a licensed physician or public health clinic with a signature or rubber-stamp validation.}

^{If a student should not be immunized for medical reasons, the student or parent must present a certificate, signed by a U.S. licensed physician, stating that, in the doctor's opinion, the immunization required would be harmful to the health and well-being of the student or any member of the student's family or household. This certificate must be renewed yearly unless the physician specifies a life-long contradiction.}

^{If a student's religious beliefs conflict with the requirement that the student be immunized, the student must present a statement signed by the student (or by the parent if the student is a minor) stating that the immunization conflicts with the beliefs and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which the student is an adherent or member. This statement is renewed yearly.}