School Health

Vaccination Requirements

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Center for Immunization has released vaccination requirements for the 2008-2009 school year. All Charles County Public Schools students are required to have certain vaccinations prior to attending schools. The following vaccinations are required.

Prekindergarten requirements:

• DaPT
• Polio
• Haemophilus Influenza type B, known as HIB
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
• Hepatitis B
• Varicella
• Prevnar

Kindergarten requirements:

• DaPT
• Polio
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
• Varicella
• Hepatitis B

Requirements for grades 1-11:

• DaPT
• Polio
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
• Varicella
• Hepatitis B

Requirements for grade 12:

• DaPT
• Polio
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)

Students entering 12th grade are not required to have the Varicella or Hepatitis B vaccination. As of August 2008, students entering grade 11 are required to have the Varicella and Hepatitis B vaccinations.

Additionally, those students who are required to repeat the eleventh grade are required to have the Varicella and Hepatitis B vaccinations.

A detailed list of the 2008-09 vaccination requirements for all Maryland students is located on the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Web site.