Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 535 - Immunization Regulations › Subchapter 1 - Childhood Immunizations › Section 310:535-1-2 - Criteria for immunizations required

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each child shall present certification
				that he or she has received or is receiving the immunizations as specified
				below before he or she is admitted to any public, private, or parochial
				school.
(b) Certification shall
				include the following:
(1) Diphtheria,
				Tetanus and Pertussis (DTP/DTaP) vaccine in five doses unless the fourth dose
				is received on or after the fourth birthday in which case only four doses are
				required. If the doses are not completed by the seventh birthday, the series
				must be completed with Adult Td vaccine and/or Tdap vaccine based on the
				individual's age at the time the first dose was received and age at the time
				the series is completed and beginning with the fall 2011-12 school year one
				dose of Tdap vaccine for students entering the seventh grade. Each year
				following the 2011-12 school year, the Tdap requirement shall be extended one
				grade level so that in the 2016-17 school year and all subsequent school years,
				students in grades seven through twelve shall be required to have received one
				dose of Tdap vaccine.
(2)
				Poliomyelitis vaccine in four doses unless the last dose is on or after the
				fourth birthday in which case only three doses are required. If the doses are
				not started or completed by the eighteenth birthday, no additional doses are
				required.
(3) Measles, Mumps and
				Rubella (MMR) vaccine with the first dose on or after the first birthday and
				the second dose at least twenty-eight days thereafter for children in grades
				kindergarten through eighth grade in the school year beginning in 1998. In the
				school year beginning in 1999, this requirement shall apply to the children
				through the ninth grade. Each year thereafter the requirement shall be extended
				one grade level so that in the school year beginning in 2002, children in all
				grades shall be required to have the second dose of vaccine.
(4) Hepatitis B vaccine in three doses for
				students of any age or two doses for students eleven through fifteen years of
				age who complete the alternative dosage schedule providing that the alternative
				schedule is fully documented. Such documentation must include the name of the
				vaccine and the dosage received for each dose of that vaccine:
(A) before entering seventh and eighth grades
				in 1998. In the school year beginning in 1999, this requirement shall apply to
				the children entering the seventh through ninth grades. Each year thereafter
				the requirement shall be extended one grade level so that in the school year
				beginning in 2002, children in grades seven through twelve shall be required to
				have the three doses of the vaccine.
(B) before entering kindergarten in 1998. In
				the school year beginning in 1999, this requirement shall apply to the children
				entering kindergarten and first grade. Each year thereafter the requirement
				shall be extended one grade level so that in the school year beginning in 2004,
				all children entering school shall be required to have the three doses of the
				vaccine.
(5) Hepatitis A
				vaccine in two doses with the first dose on or after the first birthday and the
				second dose six to eighteen calendar months later:
(A) before entering kindergarten in 1998. In
				the school year beginning in 1999, this requirement shall apply to the children
				entering kindergarten and first grade. Each year thereafter the requirement
				shall be extended one grade level so that in the school year beginning in 2004,
				all children entering school shall be required to have the two doses of the
				vaccine.
(B) before entering grade
				seven in 1998. In the school year beginning in 1999, this requirement shall
				apply to the children entering the seventh and eighth grade. Each year
				thereafter the requirement shall be extended one grade level so that in the
				school year beginning in 2003, children in grades seven through twelve shall be
				required to have the two doses of the vaccine.
(6) Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine in one
				dose on or after the first birthday: before entering kindergarten in 1998. In
				lieu of vaccination, a parent's statement of a history of the disease
				chickenpox will be accepted. In the school year beginning in 1999, this
				requirement shall apply to the children entering kindergarten and first grade.
				Each year thereafter the requirement shall be extended one grade level so that
				in the school year beginning in 2010, all children entering school shall be
				required to have the vaccine or a parent's statement of a history of the
				disease chickenpox.