Bemidji Area Schools will enforce the Minnesota Immunization Law-Section 123.70 as amended by the 1998 legislature in respect to student immunization.
Students enrolling in our school district will be required to provide the school district with an up-to-date immunization record at the time of registration. This record must contain minimum Minnesota school immunization requirements according to age/grade. Failure to do so will result in not allowing the student to enroll.
Exceptions: Students who are homeless, students at Oshki Manidoo Center, students at Northwestern Minnesota Juvenile Training Center and students at the Alternative Education Center. These students will be given a 30-day grace period to present their immunizations.
Minnesota’s School Immunization Requirements
| DTaP/Td Diptheria Tetanus Pertussis |
Polio | MMR Measles Mumps Rubella |
Hep B Hepatitis B |
Varicella Chicken Pox |
HIB Haemophilus Influenza |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preschool |
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1*
|
1
|
| Kindergarten |
5 4 if 4th shot is given after age 4 |
4 3 if 3rd shot is given after age 4 |
2
|
3
|
2*
|
0
|
| Age 7-6th grade |
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| 7th grade |
3**
|
3
|
2
|
3***
|
2*
|
0
|
| 8th-12th grade |
3**
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
*Varicella immunization is only required for students who have not had chicken pox. If the student has had chicken pox, the students health care provider must submit the month and date of the disease with their signature.
**Td booster required 7th-12th grade. Must be given after age 11. If given after the 7th birthday; then it must be repeated 10 years after the last dose.
***An alternate 2 dose (Merck product) schedule of Hep B may also be used for kids from ages 11-15.
Parents may file a medical exemption signed by a health care provider or a notarized conscientious objection signed by the parents to fulfill immunization compliance.
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