Parents & Guardians of Children entering Kindergarten: Does Your Child Have the Shots Needed to Start School?

To enter school, children shall have received the following:

• One Varicella (chicken pox) vaccine if born on or after September 15, 1997, or a reliable history of the child already experiencing the disease
  
  
• At least three doses of Hepatitis B vaccine if born on or after July 1, 1994.
  
  
• At least four doses of combined diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine if born after September 15, 2000; or 3 doses if born on or before September 15, 2000. (At least one dose of combined vaccine shall have been received after the child’s fourth birthday)
  
  
• At least three doses of trivalent polio vaccine. (At least one dose of combined vaccine shall have been received after the child’s fourth birthday)
  
  
• Two measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines.
  

Contact your doctor, the Council Bluffs Department of Public Health (328-4666), or the school health services staff for more information.

 

Required Immunizations | Click to View/Download Complete List of Required Immunizations: To enter school, children shall have received the following... Certificate of Immunization To be filled out by the child's Doctor and returned to the school the child will be attending upon registeration

2009 Recommended Immunization Schedules for Ages 0-18

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