New York Statemandates that every student be properly immunized.  The following are the minimum requirements:

3 DTaP

3 Polio

2 Measles

1 Mumps

1 Rubella

3 Hepatitis (for children born on or after January 1, 1993)

Varicella (for children born on or after January 1, 1998)

* Students entering or repeating the 6^th grade who were born on or after January 1, 1994 are required to be immunized against varicella

As of September 1, 2007 it is required of students born on or after January 1, 1994 and who are entering 6th grade or a comparable age-level special education school or program on or after September 1, 2007 must receive an immunization containing tetanus toxoids, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap).

If a student has received a Td, DT, or DTaP vaccination within the last 2 years, the student's Tdap vaccination should be deferred (with rare exceptions) until a period of two years has elapsed.

10-year-old students who are entering 6th grade will not be required to receive a Tdap vaccine and will not be excluded from school, but they must be flagged, tracked and immunized when they turn 11 years old.

Chickenpox Vaccination

·         Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common childhood disease.  It is usually mild, but it can be serious, especially in young infants and adults.

·         The chickenpox virus can be spread from person to person through the air, or by contact with fluid from chickenpox blisters.

·         It can lead to severe skin infection, scars, pneumonia, brain damage, or death.

·         About 12,000 people are hospitalized for chickenpox each year in the United States.

·         About 100 people die each year in the United States as a result of chickenpox.

·         Most people who get chickenpox vaccine will not get chickenpox.  But if someone who has been vaccinated does get chickenpox, it is usually very mild.   They will have fewer spots, are less likely to have a fever, and will recover faster.

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