Minimum Standards for Tribal Child Care: A Health and Safety Guide
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Section III
Infection Control
Immunization
Principle
Immunizations prevent the spread of disease.
Why This Is Important
- Diseases may spread quickly in all child care settings.
- Young children may be more vulnerable to certain vaccine-preventable diseases.
- Child care can provide a service by identifying children who need immunizations and referring them to available health care resources.
- Since public school attendance requires immunizations, it is important for young children to receive required immunizations, appropriate health examinations, and other health services in the early years of life.
Standards
- Children receiving care should be age-appropriately immunized in accordance with Indian Health Service (IHS) or State public health agency recommendations.
- Tribes may exempt:
- Children whose parents or guardians object to immunization on religious grounds, and/or
- Children whose medical condition requires that immunizations not be given.
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