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This program provides school health room services, vision, hearing, as well as communicable disease prevention and education at County Schools.

For more information, please contact Carolyn Hallowell, RN, at 410-901-8167.

Attention Parents: New School Immunization Requirements

Preschool - 9th Grade have changed

Beginning September 2006:

  • Students in preschool - 9th grade must show proof of Hepatitis B vaccination.
  • Students in preschool - 9th grade must show proof of Varicella (chickenpox) vaccination OR doctor's documentation of chickenpox.
  • Students in preschool must show proof of pneumococcal (Prevnar) vaccination.

UNSURE IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS IMMUNIZATIONS TO ENTER SCHOOL IN THE FALL?

Call your child's doctor or pediatrician now!

If your child needs immunizations:

Make an appointment with your child's doctor or

Call Ruth Baker, RN, of Dorchester County Health Department Children's Immunization Program at 410-228-3294.

Children who do not have proof of required immunications may be EXCLUDED from school this fall!

 

 

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