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Arizona School/Child Care Immunization Law

For School Entry (Kindergarten - 12th Grade)

Students must have proof of all required immunizations, or valid exemption, in order to attend the first day of school. Arizona law allows exemptions for medical reasons, lab evidence of immunity and personal beliefs. Exemption forms are available from schools and at www.azdhs.gov/phs/immun/idr_forms. Homeless students are allowed a 5-day grace period.
The immunization record for each vaccine dose must include the date and name of the doctor or clinic.
The statutes and rules governing school immunization requirements are: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-871 - 874: Arizona Adminstrative Code, R9-6-701 - 708.

Age	Under age 7	7-10 years	11 years & older	11 years & older
Grade	Kindergarten and above	Kindergarten - 5th grades	6th, 7th, 8th & 9th grades only	10th - 12th grades
DTaP/DTP/DT	4-5* doses. At least 1 dose at 4 years of age or older is required. *A 6th dose is required if 5 doses have been given before 4 years of age.	History of 4 DTaP or a total of 3 tetanus & diphtheria doses given after 12 months of age	1 Tdap dose is required when 5 years have passed since the last DTaP, DTP, DT or Td. Students starting or finishing the first 3 tetanus & diphtheria doses must receive only 1 Tdap as part of the 3-dose series.	Students who have not already received Tdap are required to receive 1 Tdap dose when 10 years have passed since the last DTaP, DTP, DT, or Td. Students starting or finishing the first 3 tetanus & diphtheria doses must receive only 1 Tdap as part of the 3-dose series
Td
Tdap		Not required for 11+ year olds in these grades
Meningococcal		Not required for 11+ year olds in these grades	1 dose	1 dose recommended but not required for 10th-12th graders in the 2011-12 school year
Polio	3-4 doses. 3 doses meet the requirement if the third dose was given at age 4 years or older. 4 doses meet the requirement even if all 4 doses were given in the first year of life.
MMR	2 doses. A third dose will be required if the first dose was given before 12 months of age.
Hepatitis B	3 doses. A fourth dose will be required if the third dose was given before 24 weeks of age.
Varicella	1 dose if given before 13 years of age. 2 doses if first dose was given at 13 years of age or later. Students attending school prior to 9/1/2011 with parental recall of chicken pox disease are allowed to continue attendance with parental recall of disease. As of 9/1/2011, students enrolling in preschool or school for the first time are required to present proof of varicella immunization, or valid exemption due to laboratory evidence of immunity, medical reasons or personal beliefs.