Immunization Requirements
Contact Information
Oklahoma Department of Health
Phone: (405) 271-4073
Fax: (405) 271-6133
Vaccine |
Age/Grade |
Comments |
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP) |
Day Care, Head Start, K-12 |
Day Care, Head Start- 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) K-12- K-7: 5 doses unless 4th dose given after age 4 years; 7-12: 3 doses |
Hepatitis A |
Kindergarten, Seventh Grade |
Day Care, Head Start, K-4, 7-11 - 2 doses with 1st dose on or after the 2nd birthday and 2nd dose 6-18 months later |
Hepatitis B |
Kindergarten, Seventh Grade, Eighth Grade |
Day Care, Head Start - DC, HS: 3 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); K-4: 3 doses; grades 7-12: 2 or 3 doses (based on vaccine used) |
Hib |
Day Care, Head Start |
Day Care, Head Start- Required for ages 1-4, 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) |
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) |
Day Care, Head Start, K-12 |
Day Care, Head Start, K-12 - 1 dose after 1st birthday, 1st dose required for DC, HS; K-12: 2 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) M2- K-12 - One MMR required prior to entry, may enter and receive 2nd MMR 28 days after 1st MMR |
Meningococcal |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
Pneumococcal |
None/No Requirements |
None/No Requirements |
Polio |
Day Care, Head Start, K-12 |
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), unless 3rd dose given after 4th birthday K-12- Grades K-2 -4 doses; Grades 3-12 -4 doses unless 3rd dose after 4th birthday than 3 doses only |
Varicella |
Day Care, Kindergarten |
Day Care, Head Start, K-4 - Required for children in K-4 during the 2002-2003 school year. This requirement will extend up one grade level each year until all grades, K-12, are covered. Parental history of chikenpox disease is accepatable. |
Please click here for the form for the certificate of exemption