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Immunization Requirements

Program Contents
Full Report (PDF)*
Summary of Requirements
Full Report - (2007-8) (PDF)*
Immunization Requirements (2005-6)
Immunization Requirements
Diphtheria, Tetanus and acellular Pertussis (DTaP)
Tetanus and Diptheria (Td) Booster
Hepatitis A (Hep A)
Hepatitis B (Hep B)
Haemophilus influenzae Type b (Hib)
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
Measles Dose 2
Meningococcal Conjugate vaccine (MCV4)
Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine (PCV)
Polio
Varicella
Exemptions Allowed


Childcare and School Immunization Requirements

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
2007-2008 Requirements for Childcare
Project Dosage Requirements and Comments
AlabamaNot required
AlaskaNot required
American Samoa Not required
ArizonaNot required
ArkansasNot required (will be a requirement in 2008)
CaliforniaNot required (recommended)
Colorado1-4 doses (depending on age)
ConnecticutRequired (age appropriate)
DelawareNot required
District of ColumbiaNot required
Federated States/MicronesiaDid not report requirements
FloridaRequired (age appropriate under age 5 years)
GeorgiaNot required
GuamNot required
HawaiiNot required
IdahoNot required
Illinois1-4 doses (age appropriate)
Indiana1-4 doses (age appropriate)
Iowa3 doses
KansasNot required (recommended)
KentuckyNot required
LouisianaRequired (under age 24 months)
MaineRequired (age appropriate)
Federated States/MicronesiaDid not report requirements
MarylandRequired (age appropriate)
MassachusettsNot required (recommended)
MichiganRequired (age appropriate)
MinnesotaRequired (age appropriate for ages 2-24 months)
MississippiRequired (age appropriate)
MissouriNot required
MontanaNot required
N. Mariana Islands 4 doses
NebraskaRequired (age appropriate)
Nevada Not required
New HampshireNot required
New JerseyNot required
New MexicoNot required
New YorkRequired (if born after 01/01/2008)
North CarolinaNot required
North DakotaNot required
OhioNot required
Oklahoma1-4 doses (depending on age)
Oregon Not required (recommended)
PalauDid not report requirements
PennsylvaniaRequired (age appropriate)
Puerto Rico4 doses (age 15 months)
Rhode IslandRequired (age appropriate)
South CarolinaRequired (age appropriate)
South DakotaNot required (recommended)
TennesseeNot required
TexasRequired (age appropriate)
UtahNot required
VermontNot required (recommended)
Virgin Islands Required (age appropriate following ACIP recommendations)
VirginiaRequired (age appropriate for less than age 2 years)
WashingtonNot required (recommended)
West Virginia1 dose (age appropriate)
WisconsinNot required
WyomingRequired (age appropriate)


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This page last reviewed June 20, 2008

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Immunization Services Division