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Health Services - Immunization Requirements
Updated: February 3, 2006
Immunization Information Sources
| Immunization Requirements | |
| Diphtheria & Tetanus (DTap, DTP, Td, or DT) |
Grades K-8: Four properly spaced doses with one of the doses administered on or after the fourth birthday Grades 9-12: Three properly spaced doses. |
| Polio | Three doses (IPV or OPV) |
| Measles |
Two properly spaced doses with the first dose given at 12 months of age or older (The Department of Health recommends the combined MMRII vaccine). |
| Mumps |
One dose administered at twelve months of age or older. (Department of Health recommends the combined MMRII). |
| Rubella | One dose administered at twelve months of age or older. |
| Hepatitis B |
Grades K-10: Three properly spaced doses |
| Varicella | Grades K-2 & 7-9 One dose |
Immunization Sources
| Lancaster General Child Protect Program |
Lancaster General Hospital offers an Immunization Program for children and youth up to age 20. The immunizations are provided free of charge for those children who are not covered by health insurance or whose insurance does not cover the cost of immunizations. There are various locations around the County. Additional information is available by calling 290-3138 or by clicking Child Protect Schedule ,their web site. |
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1661 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA 17601 Phone- 299-7597 Every Thursday from 8:30 - 11:00 A.M. and 1:30-2:30 P.M. You must call for an appointment. A $5.00 per child maximum charge. This must be a check or money order. No cash is accepted. You must bring a copy of your child's immunization record. The child must be accompanied by a parent or a legal guardian . Hepatitis B and Varicella vaccine immunizations will be given to children up to and including the age of eighteen. |

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