Procedures for H1N1 Flu in the General School Population
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New State Immunization Requirements
Effective beginning the 2010-2011 school year the following new requirements will be implemented:
Kindergarten:
Second dose of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine for all children entering kindergarten.
If the kindergarten child has had varicella (chickenpox) disease, a licensed doctor of medicine (MD) or doctor of osteopathy (DO) may sign and place on file with the school a written statement documenting the month and year of previous varicella (chickenpox) disease as satisfactory evidence of having had the disease. Parental or guardian statements of disease will no longer be accepted beginning with the 2010-2011 school year for children entering kindergarten. This rule change applies to children entering kindergarten and thereafter. For children enrolled in grades one (1) through five (5), only one dose of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine is required. Parental or guardian statements of disease continue to be acceptable.
8th Grade:
Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine will be required for all incoming eighth (8th) grade students if the child has completed the recommended childhood DTaP/DTP vaccination series and has not received a Td booster within the past two (2) years.
High School:
For children enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) who have not received a single dose of Td, it is highly recommended they receive a single dose of Tdap as their catch-up booster instead of Td or receive one dose of Tdap two years after the last Td dose.
Day Care, Preschool, Nursery School Children Effective July 1, 2010 the following new requirements will be implemented:
Age appropriate pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) for children attending day care, preschool, or nursery schools caring for ten or more children.
For all children who have had varicella (chickenpox) disease, a licensed doctor of medicine (MD) or doctor of osteopathy (DO) may sign and place on file with the child care facility a written statement documenting the month and year of previous varicella (chickenpox) disease as satisfactory evidence of having had the disease. Parental or guardian statements of disease will no longer be acceptable beginning July 1, 2010.
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Please note the following links to information about swine flu:
The following CDC links provide more specific prevention information:
New Children's Vision Law
Governor Matt Blunt has signed a new bill that requires that each child enrolling in kindergarten or first grade receive a comprehensive eye examination by a state-licensed optometrist or physician.
Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, every child enrolling in kindergarten or first grade for the first time will be required to have a comprehensive eye examination. However, if the child is enrolling in first grade for the 2008-09 school year and did attend kindergarten in the 2007-08 school year, that child will not be required to have the exam.
Below under Document Library, for your convenience is the Missouri Eye Examination Form for School that needs to be completed and turned into the school nurse before January 1, 2009.
A child's participation in the eye exam shall be excused upon receipt by the school nurse of the waiver form also listed below.
Healthy Children:
The purpose of the Student Health Services Program is to help each student attend school in optimum health and to benefit from the school experience. Each school has a nurse on staff.
Some of the reasons students are sent home:
1) Temperature of 100 or above
2) Rash of undetermined origin
3) Vomiting or diarrhea
4) Signs of pink eye
5) Head lice (the district has a no-nit policy)
Are you looking for pediatric health information? These sites offer accurate information for everyone.