Immunization Requirements
To attend school in Michigan, students must show they have had the required immunizations or file a waiver with the school district.
Parents may file a medical waiver signed by a health care provider or they may sign a waiver for philosophical reasons. Students with a waiver will be out of school when vulnerable to disease covered by the waiver.
All students in the sixth
grade and those new to the district must have the following vaccines:
|
DTaP/Td diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis (whooping cough) |
Polio |
MMR measles, mumps, rubella |
Hepatitis B |
Varicella* (chickenpox) |
|
5 doses 5th not
needed if 4th dose given after age 4; must be less than 10
years between last two doses |
4 doses 4th not
needed if 3rd dose given after age 4 |
2 doses |
3 doses |
1 dose 2nd dose is
needed if 1st dose given after age 12 |
* Varicella vaccine not required if child already had chickenpox disease.
A
yearly influenza shot is recommended, but not required, for children age 2 years
and older who have chronic health conditions such as asthma and diabetes; please
consult your child’s physician.