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Back to school time means immunization time for students
Posted: Aug 6, 2012 11:09 AM by Madelyn Monteath, KSBY News
Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is urging parents to make sure their children's immunization are up to date.
By law, California schools must review student's immunization record to make sure the all the required immunization are up to date for school entry.
Children entering kindergarten are required to be immunized against specific diseases such as polio, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and hepatitis B.
Students entering the 7th grade are required to have a Tdap booster which provides protection against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
For more information about school immunization requirements, click here.
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