SC School Immunization Requirements

  • IMMUNIZATIONS:  ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE A COMPLETED, UP-TO-DATE IMMUNIZATION FORM ON FILE IN THE HEALTH ROOM.

     

    2018-2019 REQUIRED STANDARDS OF IMMUNIZATIONS FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

    Pursuant to Section 44-29-180, South Carolina Code of Laws, and South Carolina Regulation 61-8, "no superintendent of an institution of learning, no school board or principal of a school...may...enroll or retain a child or person who cannot produce satisfactory evidence of having been vaccinated or immunized so often as directed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control....  Records of vaccinations or immunizations must be maintained by the institution, school or day care facility to which the child or person has been admitted."

    The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has declared the following minimum immunication requirements are necessary for a child to be admitted to any public, private, or parachial school, grades five-year-old kindergarten through twelve (5K-12):
  • Vaccine for: Grade Grade Level Requirements:  Grade level requirements apply to all students entering or retained in the grades specified.
    Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5K-12 Four (4) doses of any combination of DTP, DT, DTaP, Td, or Tdap vaccine with at least one (1) dose received on or after the 4th birthday.
    Tdap Booster 7-12 One (1) dose of Tdap vaccine received on or after the 7th birthday.If necessary, this dose of Tdap may be included as one of the doses needed to meet the requirement for Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis noted above.
    Polio 5K-6 Three (3) doses of oral and./or inactivated polio vaccine with at least one (1) does received on or after the 4th birthday.
    7-12 Three (3) doses of oral and/or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) with at least one (1) dose received on or after the 4th birthday OR four (4) doses of oral and/or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) before 4th birthday (if all doses separated by at least 4 weeks) - Follow CDC recommendations for students 18 years of age and older.
    Rubeola (Measles) 5K-12 Two (2) doses of rubeola (Measles) vaccine with both doses received on or after the 1st birthday and separated by at least 4 weeks.
    Rubella (German Measles) 5K-12 One (1) dose of rubella (German Measles) vaccine received on or after the 1st birthday.
    Mumps 5K-12 One (1) dose of mumps vaccine received on or after the 1st birthday.
    Hepatitis B 5K-12 Three (3) doses of hepatitis B vaccine with the third dose received after or at 24 weeks of age and at least 16 weeks after the first dose.
    Varicella 5K-4 Two (2) doses of varicella vaccine with both doses received on or after the 1st birthday and separated by at least 4 weeks or a positive history of disease.
    5-12 One (1) dose of varicella vaccine received on or after the 1st birthday or positive history of disease.