What feels like a cold in the morning can leave a child fighting for his life by dinner time. Meningococcal disease can kill its host within just a few hours.
Meningococcal Vaccine for School Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY) is now required for kids entering grades 7 and 12 in New York State. The new legislation does not affect valid medical exemptions.įor more information on this new legislation: Click here Requires that every student attending college be vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), unless the student has a valid religious or medical exemption.ĭoes this new legislation affect my child’s medical exemption? Students attending college in NYS can still obtain a religious exemption. The new legislation did not change the vaccination requirements for college attendance. Within 30 days of the first day of school, parents and guardians of such children must show that they have scheduled appointments for all required follow-up doses.ĭoes this new legislation apply to my child attending college?
The deadline for obtaining first dose vaccinations in each immunization series for children attending school in the fall is 14 days from the first day of school or enrollment in child day care.
NYSDOH encourages parents and guardians of all children who do not have their required immunizations to receive the first dose in each immunization series as soon as possible. What is the deadline for the first dose vaccinations if my child is not attending school until September? This requirement applies to summer school and summer child day care programs. NYSDOH follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) catch-up immunization schedule for all immunizations that are required to attend school in New York State Click here for the catch-up immunization schedule (page 3)Īre there vaccination requirements for my child to attend a summer school that is overseen by NYSED or a summer child day care programs that is overseen by OCFS? The deadlines for follow-up doses depend on the vaccine. Also, by Jparents and guardians of such children must show that they have scheduled appointments for all required follow-up doses. This new law will help protect the public amid this ongoing outbreak.įor those children who had a religious exemption to vaccination, what are the deadlines for being vaccinated?Ĭhildren who are attending child day care or public, private or parochial school and who had a religious exemption to required immunizations, must now receive the first age appropriate dose in each immunization series by Jto attend or remain in school or child day care. The United States is currently experiencing the worst outbreak of measles in more than 25 years. Why did the Governor remove non-medical school vaccination requirements? What does the law mean to me and my family?Īs of June 13, 2019, there is no longer a religious exemption to the requirement that children be vaccinated against measles and other diseases to attend either a public, private or parochial school (for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade), or child day care settings. With the guidance of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), we want to answer some frequently asked questions about this new law. Cuomo signed legislation on Jremoving non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements for children in New York State. New York State Law Removes Non-medical School Vaccination Requirements