Nevada Joint Union
High School District

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENTRY

• Polio vaccine - 4 doses (3 doses meet the requirement if one dose was
  given on or after the 4th birthday)
• DTaP/DTP/Td/Tdap – 3 doses with at least one dose of pertussis-containing
  vaccine on or after the 7th birthday
• MMR – 2 doses (must be given on or after the 1st birthday)
• Hepatitis B – 3 doses
• Varicella – 2 doses (or physician documented chicken pox disease history)

Requirements for Medical Exemptions of Vaccines

• The specific nature of the physical condition or medical circumstance of
  the child for which a licensed physician does not recommend immunization.
• Each specific required vaccine that is being exempted.
• Whether the medical exemption is permanent or temporary.
• If the exemption is temporary, an expiration date no more than 12 calendar months from the date of signing

Please contact your School Health Office to obtain further information or click HERE to visit the California Department of Public Health Immunization Branch Website.