The following are vaccinations required for Texas school children upon enrollment in school.
Polio Vaccine - Three doses, including one received on or after 4th birthday.
DTP/DTaP/Td Vaccine - Three doses, including one received on or after 4th birthday and one dose within the last 10 years.
MMR Vaccine - One dose, received on or after 1st birthday. [NOTE: Children born on or after Sept. 2, 1991, must have TWO doses of measles vaccine.
The second dose may be received as part of a second MMR.]
Hepatitis A -
Two doses on or after 2nd birthday for grades PreK - 3rd.
Hepatitis B Vaccine - Children born on or after Sept. 2, 1992, must have three doses of the Hepatitis B Vaccine.
Children born between Sept. 1, 1978, and Sept. 2, 1991, (inclusive) must show proof of two doses of measles vaccine within 30 days after their 12th birthday. [This dose may be received as part of a second MMR.]
Effective Aug. 1, 2000, children born between Sept. 2, 1988, and Sept. 1, 1992, (inclusive) must show proof of three doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine within 30 days after their 12th birthday.
Effective Aug. 1, 2000, children born between Sept. 2, 1988, and Sept. 1, 1994, (inclusive)
must have one dose of
Varicella Vaccine received on or after 1st birthday within 30 days after their 12th birthday.
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