Outline of the state of California
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California
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Vaccinations

Category
Vaccinations

State law addresses vaccinations.

California Education Code 48216 Persons Excluded

(a) The county office of education or the governing board of the school district of attendance shall exclude any pupil who has not been immunized properly pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 120325) of Part 2 of Division 105 of the Health and Safety Code.

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California Health and Safety Code 120335. Educational and Child Care Facility Immunization Requirements

(b) The governing authority shall not unconditionally admit any person as a pupil of any private or public elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, unless, prior to his or her first admission to that institution, he or she has been fully immunized. The following are the diseases for which immunizations shall be documented:

  • (1) Diphtheria.
  • (2) Haemophilus influenzae type b.
  • (3) Measles.
  • (4) Mumps.
  • (5) Pertussis (whooping cough).
  • (6) Poliomyelitis.
  • (7) Rubella.
  • (8) Tetanus.
  • (9) Hepatitis B.
  • (10) Varicella (chickenpox).
  • (11) Any other disease deemed appropriate by the department, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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California Health and Safety Code 120375. Educational and Child Care Facility Immunization Requirements

(a) The governing authority of each school or institution included in Section 120335 shall require documentary proof of each entrant’s immunization status. The governing authority shall record the immunizations of each new entrant in the entrant’s permanent enrollment and scholarship record on a form provided by the department. The immunization record of each new entrant admitted conditionally shall be reviewed periodically by the governing authority to ensure that within the time periods designated by regulation of the department the entrant has been fully immunized against all of the diseases listed in Section 120335, and immunizations received after entry shall be added to the pupil’s immunization record. (b) The governing authority of each school or institution included in Section 120335 shall prohibit from further attendance any pupil admitted conditionally who failed to obtain the required immunizations within the time limits allowed in the regulations of the department until that pupil has been fully immunized against all of the diseases listed in Section 120335, unless the pupil is exempted under Section 120370 or 120372.

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