To protect the health of all students and staff and to curtail the spread of infectious diseases, the Board of Trustees desires to cooperate with state and local health agencies to encourage immunization of all district students against preventable diseases.
(cf. 1400 - Relations between Other Governmental Agencies and the Schools)
(cf. 5141.22 - Infectious Diseases)
(cf. 5141.23 - Infectious Disease Prevention)
Students entering a district school or child care and development program, or transferring between school campuses, shall present an immunization record which shows at least the month and year of each immunization in accordance with law. Students shall be excluded from school or exempted from immunization requirements only as allowed by law.
(cf. 5112.1 - Exemptions from Attendance)
(cf. 5112.2 - Exclusions from Attendance)
(cf. 5148 - Child Care and Development)
A transfer student may be conditionally admitted for up to 30 school days while his/her immunization records are being transferred from the previous school. If these records do not arrive within 30 school days, the student shall present written documentation by a physician, nurse or clinic, showing that the required immunizations were received. If such documentation is not presented, the student shall be excluded from school until immunization requirements are met.
The Superintendent or designee may arrange for qualified medical personnel to administer immunizations at school to any student whose parent/guardian has consented in writing. (Education Code 49403)
(cf. 5141.3 - Health Examinations)
(cf. 5141.6 - Student Health and Social Services)
(cf. 5145.6 - Parental Notifications)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
46010 Total days of attendance
48216 Immunization
48980 Required notification of rights
49403 Cooperation in control of communicable disease and immunizations
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
120325-120380 Immunization against communicable disease especially:
120335 Immunization requirement for admission
120440 Disclosure of immunization information
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 17
6000-6075 School attendance immunization requirements
Management Resources:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
Commonly Asked Questions About the New School Immunization Requirements, March 1999
WEB SITES
California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch: http://cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
Policy SOUTH WHITTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: January 11, 2005 Whittier, California