Vaccines
New Jersey
Updated: March 25, 2008
Contact Information
New Jersey Department of Health
Vaccine Preventable Program
PO Box 369
Trenton, 08625
Phone: (609) 588-7512
Fax: (609) 588-7431
Website
Vaccine Requirements for the State of New Jersey
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, Head Start, K-12, Sixth Grade | Day Care, Head Start- 4 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) ; one dose must be given on or after the 4th birthday.
K-12- 4 doses, 1 dose after 4th birthday; 3 doses Td for age 7 or older 6th - 1 dose of Tdap. For pupils entering Grade 6 on or after 9-1-08 and born on or after 1-1-97. A child does not need a Tdap dose until FIVE years after the last DTP/DtaP or Td dose. |
| Hepatitis A | None/No Requirements | None/No Requirements |
| Hepatitis B | None/No Requirements | K, 1, 6 - Every child born on or after 1/1/96 shall have received 3 doses prior to school entry. |
| Hib | Day Care, Head Start | Day Care, Head Start- < 1 year: 2 doses; or at least 1 dose after 12 months |
| Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) | Day Care, Head Start, K-12 | Day Care, Head Start, K-12- 2 doses of Measles vaccine with both doses received on or after the 1st birthday and separated by at least 1 month. 1 dose of Rubella vaccine received on or after the 1st birthday. 1 dose of Mumps vaccine received on or after the first birthday.
College, University- MMR, 2nd dose measles New enrollees of 4 year colleges and 2 year colleges (with 12 credit hours) born after 1956 K-1,2nd dose measles is required prior to entry |
| Meningococcal | Sixth Grade, College/University | 6th grade- 1 dose. For pupils entering Grade 6 on or after 9-1-08 and born on or after 1-1-97.
College/university- New students residing in a campus dormitory, shall receive a meningococcal vaccination as a condition of attendance. |
| Pneumococcal | None/No Requirements | None/No Requirements |
| Polio | Day Care, Head Start, K-12 | Day Care, Head Start- 3 doses; 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) ; one dose must be given after the 4th birthday.
K-12- 3 doses, last dose after 4th birthday |
| Varicella | Day Care, Kindergarten, First Grade | Day care, K and First grade - 1 dose of varicella vaccine should be administered on or after 1st birthday. Every child born on or after January 1, 1998, should have received 1 dose of varicella vaccine before entering school (effective 2004-2005 school year). |
