Vaccines
Florida
Updated: June 25, 2008
Contact Information
Florida Department of Health - Immunization Program
4052 Bald Cypress Way BIN A11
Tallahassee, 32399
Phone: (850) 245-4342
Fax: (850) 922-4195
Website
Vaccine Requirements for the State of Florida
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.
| Vaccine | Age/Grade | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP) | Day Care, K-12, Seventh Grade, Pre-K | Day Care, Head Start, Pre-K- 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- Four or five doses required for children entering, attending, or transferring to Florida schools. Effective with the 2007/2008 school year, children entering, attending, or transferring to the seventh grade or higher in Florida schools are required to have a Tetanus-diphtheria booster (Td or Tdap). |
| Hepatitis A | None/No Requirements | None/No Requirements |
| Hepatitis B | Day Care, Head Start, Kindergarten, Seventh Grade | Day Care, PK, K-12 - 3 doses or 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)
Kindergarten, Seventh Grade- three doses required for school entry Adolescents eleven to fifteen years of age may receive the two dose series of Recombivax HB Adult vaccine |
| Hib | Day Care, Head Start | Day Care, Head Start- Age appropriate( means that the number of vaccines that a child should have received is dependent upon the child’s age, and this defined by CDC at (www.cdc.gov/nip) |
| Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) | Day Care, Head Start, K-12, College/University | Day Care, Head Start, K-12- one dose MMR after first birthday. Effective for K to 12 2008/2009: 2nd dose of mumps and rubella. Preferably as two doses of
measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine in the combined form (MMRV).
Kindergarten, Seventh Grade- a second dose of measles vaccine (preferable as MMR), given at least one month after the first, is required prior to entry; Adolescents eleven to fifteen years of age may receive the two dose series of Recombivax HB Adult College/University MR, M2- All freshman and new enrollees in public universities |
| Meningococcal | College/University | College/University - All college and university students who live in dorms are required 1 dose or student must sign a waiver or if minor, the waiver must be signed by the parent |
| Pneumococcal | Day Care | Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine (Effective January 1, 2008 for children age 2 to 24 months) |
| 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) 4th dose should be given after the child’s 4th birthday.
K-12- 4 doses unless 3rd dose after 4th birthday, then 3 doses |
| Varicella | Day Care, K-12, Kindergarten | Required for Day Care and Kindergarten as of the 2001-2002 school year. K-12- Two doses of varicella vaccine (kindergarten effective school year 2008/2009, then each year an additional grade). |
