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Barre Town Supervisory
District Policy Manual
TITLE:
CODE: JLCB-R
Immunizations
1. APPLICATIONS
a. These regulations shall apply to
all children enrolled at Barre Town School.
2. REQUIREMENTS
a. Immunizations
- Every pupil shall have received
all immunizations required by the Vermont Department of Health.
- Acceptable Records: The
following documents will be accepted as evidence of a pupil's
immunization history provided that the individual immunizations
and the date when each immunization was administered are listed.
- An official school record
from any school.
- A record from any public
health department.
- A certificate signed by a
licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician
assistant.
- A record from an
Immunization Registry.
- Additional proof of
immunization includes a laboratory titer indicating immunity
to a specific disease.
- Provisional Admittance: A pupil
may be admitted to school provisionally if a physician or health
professional indicates that immunization of the pupil has been
initiated and the pupil is in the process of complying with all
immunization requirements. Such provisional admission shall be
for a reasonable length of time that is consistent with the
immunization schedule set forth by the Vermont Department of
Health but shall not exceed one year for completion of all
immunization requirements.
b. School Officials
- No principal or other person in
charge of a school shall knowingly admit or retain any pupil who
has not submitted acceptable evidence of immunization according
to the schedule specified by the Vermont Department of Health,
except when there are exemptions as noted in section 3 of this
policy.
- For each pupil the school shall
maintain an immunization record which shall include the date of
each immunization.
- Pupils who are not in compliance
with these regulations shall not be allowed to enter school
until they are in compliance. Parents or guardians of these
pupils must receive written notification by mail or in person of
the steps needed to comply.
- The school shall maintain a
roster of pupils who are exempt from immunizations as well as
provisionally admitted pupils and continue follow-up until
requirements are met.
- If a student transfers from one
school to another, the original school shall transfer the
immunization record or a copy thereof.
- Immunization records not
forwarded shall remain with the child’s academic record and or
health record and shall not be destroyed under any
circumstances.
- For purposes of these
regulations school nurses are considered health personnel per
the Vermont Department of Health and shall be granted access to
student immunization records, including records from physician
offices, public health departments and the Immunization
Registry.
- An annual report of the
immunization status of all pupils shall be submitted by the
school nurse to the principal and the Vermont Department of
Health by the date requested.
- The principal or other person in
charge of a school shall make immunization records available for
inspection by authorized representatives of the Vermont
Department of Health.
3. EXEMPTIONS
a. Pupils are exempt from these
regulations provided they meet at least one of the following as
defined by the Vermont Department of Health:
- A pupil’s parent or guardian
presents a Department-supplied form, signed by a licensed
physician, physician assistant, health clinic, or nurse,
indicating the pupil is in the process of being immunized. This
form shall be maintained by the school as part of the student’s
immunization record.
- A pupil’s parent or guardian
presents a Department-supplied form, signed by a licensed
physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner,
indicating a specific immunization is or may be detrimental to
the pupil’s health or is not appropriate. The form must include
the reason for the contraindication and the time period for
which the immunization is contraindicated.
- A pupil’s parent or guardian
presents a Department-supplied form, indicating that the pupil,
parent, or guardian has religious beliefs or moral convictions
opposed to immunizations. This form shall be maintained by the
school as part of the student’s immunization record.
1st Reading: 5/19/2010
Date Adopted: 6/2/2010
Date Revised:
Date Effective:
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