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Bureau of Preventive Health Services
420-6-1-.02 General Provisions
420-6-1-.03 Immunization Schedule
420-6-1-.01 Authority
This regulation is promulgated by the State Health
Officer and approved by the State Board of Health on October 17, 1979, pursuant
to Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-30-5.
Authority: Code
of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-30-5,
et. seq.
Author: Donald E.
Williamson, M.D.
History: October 1,
1982
420-6-1-.02 General Provisions
(1) The
board of education and the governing authority of each private school shall
require each pupil, prior to entering kindergarten or first grade or prior to
re-entering the higher grades of the schools of Alabama, to present a
certificate of immunization for the prevention of diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, and mumps. (Code of Alabama, 1975, Section
16-30-4.) Pupils who have passed their
seventh birthday are exempt from a requirement for pertussis immunization.
(2) Such certificate shall be on the form
approved by the Alabama Department of Public Health and shall be made a part of
the pupil’s school record. When a
student leaves a school upon graduation, transfer, relocation or
otherwise; the school may return the
original certificate to the student’s parents/guardians and retain a legible
copy in the school record.
(3) A written objection from the parent or
guardian of a student based on religious tenets and practices shall be
submitted in person by the parent or guardian to the County Health Department
for issuance of a Certificate of Religious Exemption from the required
immunizations or testing. A licensed
physician can provide individual exemption from the required immunizations or
testing on a Certificate of Medical Exemption.
The Certificate of Religious Exemption and the Certificate of Medical
Exemption will be on forms approved by the Alabama
Department of Public Health and will be accepted in lieu of the Certificate of
Immunization.
Authority: Code
of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-30-5, et. seq.
Author: Donald E.
Williamson, M.D.; Charles H. Woernle,
M.D., M.P.H.
History: October 1,
1982; Amendment June 11, 1993; Amended:
Filed 1/17/97, Effective
2/21/97.
420-6-1-.03 Immunization Schedule
(1) Except as provided in Section
420-6-1-.02 and in the Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-30-5, each
pupil, prior to entering Alabama school grade kindergarten through twelfth
grade shall receive:
(a) at a minimum four (4) doses of
diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccination.
The last dose must be administered after the child’s fourth
birthday. Booster doses of
tetanus-diphtheria toxoid vaccine must be given 5-10 years after the preschool
booster.
(b) at least three (3) doses of polio
vaccine with the last dose administered after the pupil’s fourth birthday.
(c) immunization against mumps and
rubella. This dose shall be
administered at 12 months of age or later.
(d) two (2) doses of measles-containing
vaccine. The first dose shall be
administered at 12 months of age or later and the second dose shall be
administered at least 30 days later.
(e) varicella vaccine subject to the
following schedule unless there is documentation of a positive varicella titer
or a date of varicella disease. This
requirement is effective for students entering kindergarten beginning fall of
2001 and will escalate by one successive grade each year for the following 12
years to include all grades, kindergarten through twelfth, beginning fall of
2013:
(i) one dose of varicella vaccine at 12
months of age or older for persons less than 13 years of age;
(ii) two doses of varicella vaccine separated
by at least 28 days for persons 13 years of age or older beginning the
vaccination series.
Authority: Code
of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-30-5, et. seq
Author: Donald E.
Williamson, M.D.
History: Filed May
19. 1989; Amended: Filed July 20,
1990; December 19, 1990. Emergency Amendment Filed: March 20, 1992. Permanent Amendment Filed:
July 22, 1992.
Amended: Filed
1/17/97, Effective 2/21/97.
Amended: Filed 7/19/2000,
Effective 9/3/2000.
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GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE
KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED
AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO
VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU
ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.