Get Your Child Immunized
BUY FOR LE$$ annually offers the Oklahoma City County Health Department several convenient locations to immunize your children for FREE. Nine of our stores participate. Each year McDonalds provides the program details on their food trays to help us get the word out to every Oklahoma City family. Children must be 6 years old or younger. Learn More About Child Immunizations: Oklahoma Guide to Immunization Requirements 2008-2009 CHILDCARE PRE-SCHOOL/ PRE-KG KDG thru 10th 11th and 12th 4 DTaP 4 DTaP 5 DTP/DTaP/Td/Tdap 5 DTP/DTaP/Td/Tdap 1-4 PCV ------- ------- ------- 3 Polio 3 Polio 4 Polio 4 Polio 1 MMR 1 MMR 2 MMR 2 MMR 1-4 Hib ------- -------- ------- 3 Hep B 3 Hep B 2-3 Hep B 2-3 Hep B 2 Hep A 2 Hep A 2 Hep A 2 Hep A 1 Varicella 1 Varicella 1 Varicella · This table lists the vaccines that are required for children to attend childcare and school. Not all recommended vaccines are required. · Children in childcare must be up-to-date for their age for the vaccines listed. · All measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), varicella, and hepatitis A vaccine doses must be administered on or after the child's first birthday or within 4 days before the birthday to be counted as valid doses. · If the 4th dose of DTP/DTaP is administered on or after the child’s 4th birthday then the 5th dose of DTP/DTaP is not required. · If the 3rd dose of Polio is administered on or after the child's 4th birthday then the 4th dose of Polio is not required. · Hepatitis B may be administered in a two (2) dose series to children 11 through 15 years of age. All other ages must receive three (3) doses of Hepatitis B vaccine. · A parental history of a child having varicella (chickenpox) disease is acceptable instead of varicella vaccine. · Hib and PCV vaccines are not required for students in pre-school, pre-kindergarten or kindergarten through grade twelve, but they are required for children in childcare. · It is not necessary to restart the series of any vaccine due to longer than recommended time periods between doses. · Children may be allowed to attend school and childcare if they have received the first dose in the series of any multi-dose vaccine but must complete the series on schedule. These children are “in the process” of receiving immunizations. · Doses administered 4 days or less, before the minimum intervals or ages, will be counted as valid doses; this applies to all children including those already enrolled. · Children who do not complete the DTaP series by their 7th birthday must complete the series with Td or Tdap whichever is appropriate. For further immunization information you can call:
Watch for posters like this one below to be posted in our stores July of 2009 for our next Immunization event.
Immunizations may prevent diseases which can cause serious problems for adults and children. Many of these illnesses are now rare, due to the effectiveness of widespread immunization. Laws in many states require licensed daycare centers and family care homes to admit only children with current immunization records. This policy protects the children, their families, and the caregivers. The United States' Center for Disease control recommends a series of immunizing shots soon after birth, at two months, again just after the first birthday, and at four, eleven and fourteen years of age. There are currently nine routine vaccines for children, including D-P-T for diptheria, tetanus (tet-nus) and pertussis (per-tuh-sis), Hepatitis B, M-M-R for mumps, measles and rubella (roo-bell-a), polio, and Hib (hib) for a type B influenza. Except for the Hib vaccine, all are required for public school entrance. Rare medical conditions or religious beliefs may prevent childhood immunizations. In these cases, a physician or religious authority must provide documentation supporting compromised health claims or religious doctrine. For more information on immunizations contact your local center of health or human services.
Immunization Service
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1-800-234-6196
Revised – Feb. 2008
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