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Back to Communicable Disease Services Required Immunizations for Day Care/Preschool and Sixth Grade |
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In 2008, four vaccines were added to the schedule of immunizations children must have to attend school, preschool and licensed child care centers in New Jersey. These most recent requirements, described below, affect children entering day care/preschool and those entering sixth grade, or transferring to a New Jersey school in or after sixth grade. New Jersey’s full schedule of required vaccines is available in the Immunization Regulations section below.
As of September 2008, children attending licensed child care or preschool are required to receive two additional vaccines:
Information about these requirements is available in the brochure Vaccine Requirements for Child Care and Preschool in New Jersey. Students will be excluded from licensed day care and preschool if they do not get the vaccines as required and do not have a valid medical or religious exemption. More Information About The Flu Vaccine Requirement Children who are six- to 59-months-old attending licensed day care centers and preschools must receive the vaccine before December 31 each year. Children who turn 60 months of age on or before that date are not required to get the vaccine, but the Department strongly recommends it. Students not meeting the requirement must be excluded for the rest of influenza season (through March 31) or until they receive at least one dose of vaccine.
More on New Jersey’s Immunization Regulations. As of September 2008, sixth grade students in public and private schools are required to receive two additional vaccines:
Students will be excluded from school if they do not get the required vaccines and do not have a valid medical or religious exemption. More Information About the Vaccine Requirement Tdap can be given at age 10, at the earliest, depending on the type of vaccine available through the child’s health care provider. If the physician only carries Adacel, the child will not be required to get the vaccine until age 11. If Boostrix is available, the Department encourages that it be administered when the child is 10. About Transfer Students –Students who transfer into a New Jersey school for sixth grade or a higher grade also must meet the requirements. Contact the school nurse for more information or refer to the Immunization Q & A below. More on New Jersey’s Immunization Regulations.
New Jersey’s immunization regulations provide for medical and religious exemptions. Objections to vaccination that are of a philosophical, moral, secular or of a more general nature are not acceptable.
If you are uninsured and do not have a health care provider, here are some resources:
For Parents: Why Immunize? -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccines and Preventable Diseases – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Immunization Action Coalition – National organization that creates and distributes accurate, up-to-date immunization information for the public and health professionals. In addition to its web site, the coalition has several publications and listservs. |
| Department of Health and Senior Services P. O. Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 Phone: (609) 292-7837 Toll-free in NJ: 1-800-367-6543 Our Locations |
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| Last Modified: Friday, 09-Oct-09 09:32:18 |
