Texas Minimum State Vaccine Requirements For Students Grades K - 12

2016 - 2017 Texas Minimum State Vaccine Requirements for Students Grades K - 12

This chart summarizes the vaccine requirements incorporated in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 25 Health Services, §§97.61-97.72. This document is not

intended as a substitute for the TAC, which has other provisions and details. The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is granted authority to set immunization

requirements by the Texas Education Code, Chapter 38.

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

A student shall show acceptable evidence of vaccination prior to entry, attendance,

or transfer to a child-care facility or public or private elementary or secondary school in Texas.

Minimum Number of Doses Required by Grade Level

Vaccine Required

NOTES

(Attention to notes and footnotes)

K – 6th

7th

8th – 12th

For K – 6th grade: 5 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine; 1 dose

must have been received on or after the 4th birthday. However, 4 doses meet

the requirement if the 4th dose was received on or after the 4th birthday. For

3 dose primary

students aged 7 years and older, 3 doses meet the requirement if 1 dose was

series and

received on or after the 4th birthday.

Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis

5 doses

1 Tdap / Td

For 7th grade: 1 dose of Tdap is required if at least 5 years have passed since

(DTaP/DTP/DT/Td/Tdap)

or 4 doses

the last dose of tetanus-containing vaccine.

booster within

For 8th – 12th grade: 1 dose of Tdap is required when 10 years have passed

last 5 years

last 10 years

since the last dose of tetanus-containing vaccine.

Td is acceptable in place of Tdap if a medical contraindication to pertussis

exists.

For K – 12th grade: 4 doses of polio; 1 dose must be received on or after

Polio

4 doses or 3 doses

the 4th birthday. However, 3 doses meet the requirement if the 3rd dose was

received on or after the 4th birthday.

For K – 12th grade: 2 doses are required, with the 1st dose received on or after

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

1, 2

2 doses

the 1st birthday. Students vaccinated prior to 2009 with 2 doses of measles and

(MMR)

one dose each of rubella and mumps satisfy this requirement.

For students aged 11 – 15 years, 2 doses meet the requirement if adult hepatitis

B vaccine (Recombivax

) was received. Dosage (10 mcg / 1.0 mL) and type of

Hepatitis B

3 doses

vaccine (Recombivax

) must be clearly documented. If Recombivax

was not

the vaccine received, a 3-dose series is required.

The 1st dose of varicella must be received on or after the 1st birthday.

Varicella

1, 2, 3

2 doses

For K – 12th grade: 2 doses are required.

For 7th – 12th grade, 1 dose of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine

Meningococcal (MCV4)

1 dose

is required on or after the student’s 11th birthday. Note: If a student received

the vaccine at 10 years of age, this will satisfy the requirement.

The 1st dose of hepatitis A must be received on or after the 1st birthday.

For K – 7th grade: 2 doses are required.

Hepatitis A

1, 2

2 doses

Special note: a child will not be considered delinquent in this series until 18

months have elapsed since receiving the 1st dose.

NOTE: Shaded area indicates that the vaccine is not required for the respective age group.

Receipt of the dose up to (and including) 4 days before the birthday will satisfy the school entry immunization requirement.

Serologic evidence of infection or serologic confirmation of immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, or varicella is acceptable in place of vaccine.

Previous illness may be documented with a written statement from a physician, school nurse, or the child’s parent or guardian containing wording such as: “This is to verify that (name of student) had

varicella disease (chickenpox) on or about (date) and does not need varicella vaccine.” This written statement will be acceptable in place of any and all varicella vaccine doses required.

Rev. 09/2016

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