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Immunization Information
*Attention* If you have children attending a preschool program or licensed child center
To attend a nursery, licensed child care center, preschool, Head Start Program,
Pre-primary Impaired, or 4's at Risk Program: *State law allows a director to
prohibit admittance of a child to the program without a record of age appropriate
immunizations.
You must provide the
program director with a record showing that your child has received all of the following
immunizations, 1 - 2 times during the year.
To Enter School: State Law allows a principal or teacher to
prohibit the admittance of new entrants to school without a record of having received age
appropriate immunizations.
To Stay in School:
You must provide the school with a record showing that your child has received
all the following immunizations:
| Required Childhood Immunizations for Michigan Child Care/Preschool |
Age
Vaccine |
Birth -
1 month |
2 months -
3 months |
4 months -
5 months |
6 months -
14 months |
15 months -
4 years |
| DTaP |
None |
1 dose DTaP or DTP |
2 doses DTaP or DTP |
3 doses DTaP or DTP |
4 doses DTaP or DTP |
H.influenza
type b |
None |
1 does |
2 doses |
2 doses |
1 dose over 15 months or completed series earlier |
| Polio |
None |
1 dose |
2 doses |
2 doses |
3 doses |
Measles,
Mumps,
Rubella |
None |
None |
None |
None |
1 dose over 12 months |
| Hepatitis B |
None
(Hep B may be administered as early as birth) |
1 dose |
2 doses |
2 doses |
3 doses |
Varicella
(Chickenpox) |
None |
None |
None |
None |
1 dose over 12 months or current lab immunity or reliable history of disease |
Required Childhood Immunizations for Michigan School Settings |
Age
Vaccine |
4 years - 6 years |
7 years through 18 years |
| DTP |
4 doses, one dose must over 4 years |
4 doses D and T or 3 doses Td if #1 given over 7 years of age. Must have 1 does within the last 10 years |
H. influenza
type b |
None |
None |
| Polio |
3 doses, one dose must be over 4 years |
3 dose |
Measles,
Mumps,
Rubella |
2 doses over 12 months |
2 doses over 12 months |
| Hepatitis B |
Beginning 2000/2001 School Year,
Hepatitis B vaccination will be required for all new school entrants |
Varicella
(Chickenpox) |
Beginning 2002/2003 School Year, 1 dose if given over 12 months of age and prior to 13th
birthday or 2 doses if initiated over 13th birthday orcurrent lab immunity
or reliable history of disease
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This table represents the minimum required immunizations for schools and child care centers. |
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