2 Ways to Submit Your TDAP Immunization:
1. Attach document and send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2. Bring hardcopy to the IVA office
*Note: children may receive the TDAP as early as age 10. Check your immunization record to see if your TDAP is up-to-date!
More About Vaccinations in California
Under a new law known as SB 277, beginning January 1, 2016 exemptions based on personal beliefs, including religious beliefs, will no longer be an option for the vaccines that are currently required for entry into child care or school in California. Most families will not be affected by the new law because their children have received all required vaccinations. Personal beliefs exemptions on file for a child already attending child care or school will remain valid until the child reaches the next immunization checkpoint at kindergarten (including transitional kindergarten) or 7th grade.
For more information about SB 277, please see the Frequently Asked Questions available at: http://www.shotsforschool.org/
For more information about school immunization requirements and resources, please visit the California Department of Public Health’s website at www.shotsforschool.org, or contact your local health department or county office of education.
Thank you for helping us to keep our children and community healthy.
**NOTE to current 6th grade students (2016-2017). The TDAP booster is required for 7th grade. Please submit evidence of your TDAP booster by May 1, 2017.
*Note to current IVA 6th grade students with a personal beliefs exemption. Due to the change to the law as explained above, you will need to meet all requirements for children ages 7-17. In other words you will need to "catch up" on vaccinations. See #13 from the FAQs below:
13. What will happen in future years when children with a prior personal beliefs exemption enter their next grade span in primary or secondary school (typically kindergarten or 7th grade)?
Children with a valid personal beliefs exemption filed before 2016 who enter a new grade span will have to meet all age-appropriate immunization requirements for admission into primary or secondary school (K-12th grade) (see www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/) or be enrolled in an independent study program with no classroom-based instruction or in a home-based private school (see question #3).
In addition, all immunization requirements for age and grade will need to be met before entering 7th grade.
Therefore, in order to begin 7th grade, children who had a valid personal beliefs exemption filed before 2016 upon entry between kindergarten and 6th grade need to meet all requirements for children 7-17 years old listed at www.shotsforschool.org/k-12/ (e.g., polio, MMR, chickenpox and primary series for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis), including the 7th grade requirements for Tdap and 2 doses of MMR.