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ATTENTION

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) of Children Attending
a Preschool Program OR Licensed Child Care Center

Immunization Requirements
If you have questions please email our Immunization Coordinator

To enter a nursery, licensed child care center, preschool, Head Start Program, Pre-primary Impaired, or 4's at Risk Program: State law* prohibits a director from admitting a child to the program without a record of having received at least one dose of each vaccine: Measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenza type b, hepatitis B, and effective January 1, 2000, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine.

To stay in a nursery, licensed child care center, pre-school, Head Start Program, Pre-Primary Impaired, or 4's at Risk Program: You must provide the program director with a record showing that your child has received all of the following immunizations:

Ages 15 MONTHS - 4 YEARS

DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS & PERTUSSIS**	4 DOSES	The third and fourth dose should be spaced at least six months apart.
POLIO	3 DOSES
MEASLES, MUMPS, & RUBELLA	1 DOSE	Dose must be given at or after 12 months of age.
HIB Haemophilus influenza type b		Complete series of any Hib vaccine. Or One dose of any Hib vaccine given at or after 15 months of age. Hib is required through age four years.
HEPATITIS B	3 DOSES	Effective January 1, 1997. 3rd dose should not be administered before 6 months of age.
Effective Jan. 1, 2000 Varicella (chickenpox)	1 DOSE	Dose must be given at or after 12 months of age. or Documented history of chickenpox disease from a reliable source.

CHILDREN who do not have the required immunizations WILL NOT BE PERMITTED to attend the program UNTIL the parent provides proof that ALL REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS have been RECEIVED.

*Part 92, Act 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended.

**Children Ages 4-6 must have received 4 doses of pertussis. DT is only acceptable if a signed waiver is on file for that particular dose of pertussis vaccine

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