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Alabama
Entry last updated: September 24, 2002
State Contact Information
Alabama Department of Public Health
RSA Tower
PO Box 303017
Montgomery, 36130
Phone: (800) 469-4599
Fax: (800) 706-8507
www.adph.org/immunization
Vaccine requirements may be relaxed or eliminated in some regions and/or states due to shortages in the manufacture of some vaccines. Please contact your healthcare provider, or your local public health department for more information.
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| Vaccine |
Age/Grade |
Comments |
| Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP) |
Day Care;Head Start;K-12 |
Day Care, Head Start - Day Care, Head Start � 4 doses or age appropriate. (Age appropriate means that the number of doses of a vaccine a child should have received is dependent upon the child's age, and this defined by CDC at www.cdc.gov/nip)
K-12 - 3 doses; at least one dose must have been administered after the child's 4th birthday. Pertussis required.
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| Hepatitis A |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
| Hepatitis B |
None/No Requirements |
None/No requirements
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| Hib |
Day Care;Head Start |
Day Care, Head Start -�Age appropriate (means that the number of doses of a vaccine a child should have received is dependent upon the child's age, and this defined by CDC at www.cdc.gov/nip)
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| Influenza |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
| Lyme Disease |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
| Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) |
Day Care;Head Start;K-12;College/University |
Day care, Head Start: 1 doses� required.� The first dose must have been administered on or after the child's 1st birthday. 1 dose of rubella and 1 dose of mumps are required, each administered on or after the 1st birthday.�
K-12: 1 dose of rubella and 1 dose of mumps are required, each administered on or after the 1st birthday.
Second dose - 2 MCV: 1st dose on/after 1st birthday and 2nd dose after 28 days
College/University - 2 doses MMR required for all entrants to four year colleges.
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| Meningococcal |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
| Pneumococcal |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
| Polio |
Day Care;Head Start;K-12 |
Day Care, Head Start - Age appropriate (means that the number of doses of a vaccine a child should have received is dependent upon the child's age, and this defined by CDC at www.cdc.gov/nip)
K-12�- 4 doses (3 if the 3rd dose was received after the fourth birthday).
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| Varicella |
Day Care;Head Start;Kindergarten;First Grade |
Day Care, Head Start, K-1�- DC, HS: Age appropriate (means that the number of doses of a vaccine a child should have received is dependent upon the child's age, and this defined by CDC at www.cdc.gov/nip).� Attendees of 5-year old K and 1st grade must have documentation of varicella vaccine.�Documented history of the disease is accepted in lieu of vaccination.
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