(a) Every parent or
guardian of a child to be admitted or enrolled in any New Hampshire public or
non-public school, pre-school or child care agency shall, prior to the child's
admittance, provide documentation, as defined in He-P 301.01(n), to the
admitting official of acceptable immunization of the child as specified in He-P
301.14.
(b) The admitting official
may enroll a child under conditional enrollment when the parent or guardian
provides the following:
(1) Documentation of
at least one dose of each required vaccine; and
(2) The appointment date for the next due
dose(s) of required vaccine.
(c) The appointment date referred to in
(b)(2) above shall serve as the exclusion date if the child fails to keep the
scheduled appointment.
(d)
Conditional enrollment shall not be extended to the next school year for the
same dose of vaccine.
(e) In
accordance with RSA 141-C:20-c, the admitting official shall exempt a child
from immunization requirements only if:
(1)
The parent or guardian provides a completed "New Hampshire Childcare/School
Immunization Religious Exemption Form" (March 2023) that states:
"The administration of immunizing agents conflict with the
religious beliefs of the parent or legal guardian of the student listed above.
Pursuant to NH Statute RSA 141-C:20-d, I understand, in the event of an
outbreak of vaccine-preventable disease, for which immunization is required, an
exempt student shall be excluded from school attendance"; or
(2) A licensed health care provider provides
a letter, on letterhead, certifying that immunization against a particular
disease may be detrimental to the child's health.
(f) The admitting official shall require the
following documentation of immunization:
(1)
For measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis B:
a. The month, day, and year of immunization;
or
b. Documentation of immunity by
confirming laboratory test results;
(2) For diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis
(DTP/DTaP/DT/Td/Tdap), the month, day, and year of immunization;
(3) For poliomyelitis vaccine, the month,
day, and year of immunization;
(4)
For Haemophilus influenzae type b, (Hib) the month, day, and year of
administration; and
(5) For
varicella, one of the following:
a. The month,
day, and year of immunization;
b.
Documentation of immunity by confirming laboratory test results; or
c. For students enrolled in kindergarten
prior to 2009, parental or medical provider verification of history of
disease.
Notes
N.H. Admin.
Code §
He-P 301.13
#4425, eff 5-27-88; ss by #4946, eff 10-2-90; EXPIRED:
10-2-96
New. #6634, eff 11-25-97; ss by
#7605, eff 12-4-01; ss by #8242, eff 12-30-04; ss by #9172, eff
6-6-08
Amended by
Volume
XXXVI Number 45, Filed November 10, 2016, Proposed by #12033,
Effective 11/3/2016,
Expires 11/3/2026.
Amended by
Volume
XLII Number 45, Filed November 10, 2022, Proposed by #13460,
Effective 10/12/2022, Expires 4/10/2023.
Amended by
Number
15, Filed April 13, 2023, Proposed by #13605, Effective
3/28/2023, Expires
3/28/2033.
