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This includes all public, private, and religious schools. A medical exemption is allowed when a child has a medical condition that prevents them from receiving a vaccine. There are no nonmedical exemptions to school vaccine requirements in NYS.

Parent/guardian submits a signed medical exemption statement (DOH-5077) from the student's physician, who must be licensed to practice medicine in New York State, to the school.

NYS Public Health Law Section 2165 and NYCRR Title 10, Subpart 66-2 require students attending post-secondary institutions, who were born on or after January 1, 1957 and registered for 6 or more credit hours, to demonstrate proof of immunity against measles, mumps, and rubella.

Vaccines required for day care, pre-K, and school attendance Diphtheria and Tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine and Pertussis vaccine (DTaP or Tdap) Hepatitis B vaccine. Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine (MMR) Polio vaccine. Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine.

ing to a recent American College Health Association survey of 311 institutions, only 7.4 percent continue to mandate vaccines for all students. Another 10.7 percent require that some subgroup, such as residential students, be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Immunization Requirements They protect children from getting and spreading diseases that can make them very sick. For this reason, we require children aged 2-months to 18-years-old who are entering or attending child care, public school, or private school be vaccinated against certain diseases.

NYS Public Health Law Section 2165 and NYCRR Title 10, Subpart 66-2 require students attending post-secondary institutions, who were born on or after January 1, 1957 and registered for 6 or more credit hours, to demonstrate proof of immunity against measles, mumps, and rubella.

As of September 1, 2016, all public and private school students entering 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th (added in 2019), and 12th grades in New York State must be fully vaccinated against meningococcal disease types A, C, W and Y in order to attend school.