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Tools for Childā Care and Preschool Staff
How to Implement Immunization Requirements:
Notify parents of required immunizations and collect immunization records. SeeāÆ
Parents' Guide to Immunizations Required for Pre-Kindergarten (Child Care)
(
also ināÆSpanish
) (PDF).
CompleteāÆthe blue California Pre-Kindergarten and School Immunization Record (CSIR/Blue Card/
CDPH286
)(PDF), or equivalent record, by transferringāÆvaccine dates from the child's personal immunization record. Blue CardsāÆare available freeāÆfromāÆ
local health departments
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Determine if requirements are met by comparing the dates on the Blue Card to theāÆ
Guide to Immunization RequirementsāÆfor Pre-Kindergarten (Child Care)
āÆ|
Spanish
ā |āÆ
Chinese
(PDF)
You may alsoāÆfind theāÆ
windāows for immunizationā
(PDF, 3.0MBā)āÆ(also ināÆ
Spanish
āÆandāÆ
Chinese
) (PDF, 3.2MB) tool helpful.
If requirementsāÆare not met, you mayāÆrefer parents to their doctorāÆwith aāÆ
Letter to Parents: Immunizations Needed
āÆ|āÆ
Spanish
āÆ|
āÆArabic
āÆ|āÆ
Farsi
āÆ|
Ukrainian
ā |āÆ
Vietnamese
āÆ
|
āÆChinese
. (PDF)
If a child is too young to receive required immunizations, they may beāÆ
admitted conditionally
.
Keep aāÆcompleted Blue Card, or equivalent record, on fileāÆfor every child enrolled.
If you discover an admitted child is overdue for required immunizations,
notify the parentsā
(PDF)ā and allow no more than 10 school days to receive the required vaccine(s) or a medical exemption. After the deadline, you must exclude the child from further attendance until the child comes into compliance with the requirementsā
Every fall, submitāÆ
Immunization Assessment Reports
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ReportāÆ
contagiousāÆdiseases (PDF)āÆ
to yourāÆ
local health department
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California Pre-K Requirementsā: Implementation Tools
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