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Massachusetts Immunization Requirements
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Massachusetts School Immunization Requirements 2005
| Pre Kindergarten | Kinder-garten | Grades 1-6 | Grades 7-12 | College | |
| Hepatitis B | 3 doses | 3 doses | 3 doses
|
3 doses | 3 doses for all health science students |
| DTaP/DTP/DT/Td | 4 or
more doses DTaP/DTP |
5 doses DTaP/DTP |
4 or
more doses DTaP/DTP or 3 or more doses Td |
4 doses DTaP/DTP or 3 or more doses Td plus 1 Td booster |
1 Td booster within last 10 years |
| Polio | 3 or more doses | 4 doses | 3 or more doses | 3 or more doses | No requirement |
| Hib | 1 to4 doses | No requirement | No requirement | No requirement | No requirement |
| MMR | 1 dose | 2 doses measles, 1 mumps, 1 rubella |
2 doses measles, 1 mumps, 1 rubella |
2 doses measles, 1 mumps, 1 rubella |
2 doses measles, 1 mumps, 1 rubella |
| Varicella |
1 dose | 1 dose or certificate | 1 dose | < 13 yrs.-1 dose > 13 yrs.-2doses |
No requirement |
| Meningococcal |
No requirement |
No requirement |
No requirement |
1 dose for all new students (residential schools only) | 1 dose for all new students (applies to colleges providing housing only |
| (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2005) | |||||