Immunizations
Arizona
State law ARS 15-803 requires that a complete, up-to-date immunization
record be furnished by the parent prior to enrolling a child in school.
Verification for all immunizations must include the child’s name, birth
date, type of vaccine, date of vaccine, and name of doctor/agency
administering vaccine. Records must be signed or stamped by the agency
providing the immunizations. The record should include the month, day,
and year of your child’s immunizations A previous school record is also
acceptable (does not include preschools). Record must be provided before
school starts.
Children will be excluded from school without proof of immunizations.
Please inform health office staff at your child’s school of any
immunizations received during the year so that the school records can be
kept up-to-date. The immunization requirements for a child entering a
Kyrene school including preschool are:
·
DPT, Dtap,
DTap: Six doses properly spaced, unless fourth or fifth dose was
received after fourth birthday. A booster of Tdap is given after age 11
and then every 5 years after the last Tetanus/Diphtheria dose has been
received.
·
Polio:
Four doses properly spaced, unless third dose was received after fourth
birthday.
·
MMR: Two
doses after the age of 12 months, at least one month apart.
·
Hepatitis
A: Two doses required for Preschool and Day Care up to age 6.
·
Hepatitis
B: Three doses, properly spaced.
·
Varicella:
One dose after age 1 for Preschool - 4th grades, and 7th - 10th grades.
If first dose is given after age 12, two doses are required.
·
Mennigococcal vaccine: One dose at age 11 or entering 6th grade,
whichever occurs first.
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Arizona
law ARS § 15-872 provides exemptions from immunization requirements for
the following:
·
Medical
reasons - permanent or temporary
·
Personal
beliefs (does not apply to preschool)
·
Documentation of adequate immunity
Although
the law allows exemptions, if an outbreak of any of the diseases covered
by required immunizations occurs, the Maricopa County Health Department
may require that children who are not immunized be excluded from school
for the duration of the outbreak.
The
Arizona State Department of Health issued new immunization laws to be
implemented by the fall of 2008. These new laws will affect any child
who will be 11 years and older.
