Immunizations



The Health and Safety Codes (hereinafter H&S) §§120335 and 120375 require private schools to obtain documentation that each pupil has received early childhood, tetanus, and hepatitis B immunizations. For a specific list of immunizations, see H&S §120355, included in the final section of this booklet.

Immunization records can be obtained from your doctor. If a parent files a letter or affidavit with the school that the immunization is contrary to his or her beliefs, the child is exempted from the immunization requirement. (H&S §120365.) A medical exemption can be obtained from your doctor if the physical condition of your child is such that the immunizations are not considered to be safe (H&S §120370).

One could read the Health and Safety Code §§121525 and 121545 to say that parents are required to have updated TB tests, as all employees and volunteers in private schools must have them. Since there is an argument that parents are neither "employees" nor "volunteers" in the strict meaning of the words, it is unknown whether a court would apply this requirement to parents. If you have taken the test, by all means include the results in your records, but if you have not, you should make your own decision as to whether you wish to do so. People whom you hire as employees or volunteers in your private school having regular and prolonged contact with children would need to have an updated TB certificate.

Download an immunization and waiver form from the California Department of Health Services.

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