The Board of Education, in accordance with the State Law, requires all children to submit a certificate of immunization prior to entering the Pequannock Township Public Schools. Students entering from out of State or Country will have thirty (30) days to comply.
Required Immunization:
A. DPT – Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus and /or Tdap
(Age 1-6 years): four (4) doses with one dose given on or after the fourth (4) birthday OR any 5 doses.
(Age 7-9 years): three (3) doses of TD or any previously administered combination of DTP, DTaP, and DT to equal 3 doses.
B. Tdap
As of September 1, 2008 every child born after January 1, 1997 and enrolled in Grade Six (6) or attending an ungraded special education program or transferring into a New Jersey school from another state or country must receive one dose of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertusis (Tdap) vaccine given no earlier than the 10th birthday. A child does not need a Tdap dose until FIVE (5) years after the last DTP/DtaP or Td dose.
C. Polio
1. Three (3) doses of live, trivalent, oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV), or inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) either separately or in combination, one dose of which shall have been given on or after the child’s fourth (4) birthday.
2. Alternatively, any appropriately spaced combination of four doses.
D. MMR – Measles, Mumps, Rubella (German Measles)
1. One dose of Measles containing vaccine, that is, either MMR or MR given on or after the first birthday or within four days of the first (1) birthday. For children born on or after January 1, 1990 two doses of measles containing vaccine is required and must be separated by a least one month.
2. One dose of Mumps Vaccine given on or after the first birthday or within four days of the first birthday.
3. At least one dose of the Rubella (German Measles) vaccine given on or after the first birthday or within four days of the first birthday.
4. In lieu of the above vaccines, only laboratory documented evidence of immunity will be accepted.
E. Varicella Vaccine
1. One dose of varicella vaccine for children born on or after January 1, 1998 on or after the first birthday or within four days of the first (1) birthday.
2. Children, whose physicians or parents submit a statement of past history of varicella, or serologic evidence of immunity, will also be in compliance with the new rules.
F. Hepatitis B Vaccine
1. Every child born on or after January 1,1996 shall receive three doses of a Hepatitis B Vaccine, or any vaccine combination containing Hepatitis B virus, prior to school entrance for the first time into a Kindergarten or Grade 1.
2. Every Child born on or after January 1, 1990 shall have received three doses of a Hepatitis B Vaccine, or any vaccine combination containing Hepatitis B virus.
3. Every child enrolled in High School shall have received three doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine, or any vaccine combination containing Hepatitis B virus.
4. Children, who present documented laboratory evidence or a physician’s written certification of Hepatitis B disease, constituting a medical exemption, shall not be required to receive hepatitis vaccine.
G. Meningococcal Vaccine
As of September 1. 2008 every child born on or after January 1, 1997 and enrolled in Grade Six (6) or a comparable age level special education program with an unassigned grade or transferring into a New Jersey school from another state or country are required to receive one dose of the meningococcal vaccine.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/documents/faq/meningococcal_faq.pdf
H. Pneumococcal Vaccine
For children enrolled in child care, pre-school, or pre-kindergarten (12 – 59 months).
Minimum of one (1) dose is required on or after the first birthday.
I. Influenza
Children six months through 59 months of age attending any licensed child-care center or preschool facility on or after September 1, 2008, shall annually receive at least one dose of influenza vaccine between September 1 and December 31 of each year.
https://www.nj.gov/education/ece/psguide/Influenza.pdf
J. Haemophilis B (Hib)
For children enrolled in child care, pre-school, or pre-kindergarten (12 – 59 months).
Minimum of one (1) dose is required on or after the first birthday.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Practice recommend a second dose of the MMR vaccine.
Above are based on the revised (2008) New Jersey Immunization Regulations as stated in Chapter 14 of the State Sanitary Code (NJAC 8:57-4.20 to 8:57-4.19) “Immunization of Pupils in Schools.”
H-45 Update 5/08