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madfloridian

(88,117 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2015, 05:13 PM Feb 2015

Looks like Florida has pretty stringent laws about vaccinations and school admittance.

I knew they did before I retired. Often kids were delayed getting to school at the new school year until they got their vaccinations.

So I looked it up.

Florida School Immunization Requirements

Latest Immunization Requirements

Florida requires certain vaccines to be administered before children may enroll and attend childcare and school.

Immunizations Required for Childcare and/or Family Daycare

Public/Non-public Preschool Entry

Public/Non-public Schools Kindergarten Through 12th Grade

Additional Immunization Requirements for 7th Grade Entry
Immunizations Required for Childcare and/or Family Daycare

(age-appropriate doses as indicated)

Immunizations Required for Childcare and/or Family Daycare

Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP)
Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)
Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
Varicella (chickenpox)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV)

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Public/Non-public Preschool Entry

(age-appropriate doses as indicated)

DTaP
IPV
MMR
Hepatitis B (hep B)
Varicella
Hib

Public/Non-public Schools Kindergarten Through 12th Grade

(children entering, attending, or transferring to Florida schools)

Four or five doses of DTaP
Three, four, or five doses of IPV
Two doses of MMR
Two or three doses of hep B
Two doses of Varicella (kindergarten effective with 2008–2009 school year, then an additional grade is added each year thereafter). Varicella vaccine is not required if there is a history of varicella disease documented by the healthcare provider.

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Additional Immunization Requirements for 7th Grade Entry

Effective with 2009–2010 school year (then an additional grade is added each year thereafter), in addition to compliance with all other immunization requirements, children entering, attending, or transferring to the seventh grade in Florida schools must complete the following:

One tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap)

See the Immunization Guidelines: Florida Schools, Childcare Facilities and Family Daycare Homes* for complete information on school requirments.

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Looks like Florida has pretty stringent laws about vaccinations and school admittance. (Original Post) madfloridian Feb 2015 OP

Over the years Florida has had it's share of immigrants both legal and illegal. My guess they had jwirr Feb 2015 #1

The state of California has also succeeded in getting most of all parents to truedelphi Feb 2015 #2

They have an exemptions beyond medical MohRokTah Feb 2015 #3

When we moved to Florida we had to show that we were immunized before we could start school RockaFowler Feb 2015 #4

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

1. Over the years Florida has had it's share of immigrants both legal and illegal. My guess they had

Reply to madfloridian (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 05:23 PM

Feb 2015

a scare sometime during one of those events and took action. I am not saying that immigrants are the problem. Far from it. But if someone in Florida got it in their head then it became the reason to make these law so strong.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)

2. The state of California has also succeeded in getting most of all parents to

Reply to madfloridian (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 05:34 PM

Feb 2015

Vaccinate their kids.

There is less than one percent of all pre-school children who have not had at least one round of vaccinations.

And given the fact that many people who live in California go back and forth between countries, it is not surprising that that is the case. A fluid population on the move is always going to have people that the long arm of established health protocols can't touch.

But the whole vaccine media super hype is (to my way of thinking) the Big Cover Story that is being used to distract us while the TPP gets the final approval it needs.

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

3. They have an exemptions beyond medical

Reply to madfloridian (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 05:47 PM

Feb 2015

Religious exemptions exist, but it looks pretty stringent. Callifornia's requirements aren't really different from Florida's. It's their loosy goosy exemptions rules that gets them:

Exemption from Required Immunizations

Private healthcare providers may grant a Temporary Medical Exemption (TME), documented on the Form DH 680, Florida Certification of Immunization, for those who are in the process of completing any necessary immunizations. The TME requires an expiration date after which the exemption is no longer valid, and the immunizations must be completed before or at that time.

A Permanent Medical Exemption, documented on the Form DH 680, can be granted if a child cannot be fully immunized due to medical reasons. In this case, the child's physician must state in writing, the reasons for exemption based on valid clinical reasoning or evidence.

Form DH 681, Religious Exemption From Immunization, is issued if immunizations are in conflict with the religious tenets and practices of the child's parent or guardian. This exemption is issued by a County Health Department (CHD) and based on established religious beliefs or practices only.

County Health Department Listing

See the Immunization Guidelines: Florida Schools, Childcare Facilities and Family Daycare Homes for complete information on exemptions.
*Note: This page contains materials in the Portable Document Format (PDF). The free Adobe Reader may be required to view these files.

http://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/immunization/children-and-adolescents/immunization-exemptions/index.html

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)

4. When we moved to Florida we had to show that we were immunized before we could start school

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Thu Feb 5, 2015, 05:48 PM

Feb 2015

My Dad never kept the records and neither did the schools in Michigan. So my sister and I had to get all of our shots all over again. I've never really been sick, so I think it had to do with the fact that I was double-immunized

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