RD158 - 2011 Annual Review of Childhood Immunization Requirements


Executive Summary:
Section 32.1-46 F of the Code of Virginia requires the State Board of Health to perform an annual review of the childhood immunization requirements specified in § 32.1-46. This section of the Code, effective July 1, 2006, requires that children be immunized in accordance with the immunization schedule developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians (Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule). Also, this section states that vaccines required for school and day care attendance are those contained in the State Board of Health's Regulations for the Immunization of School Children (Regulations) and specifies those vaccines, at a minimum, that must be required by the Regulations.

Since the last review in 2010, none of the recent recommendations incorporated into the immunization schedule would necessitate that revisions be made in the vaccines required for school and day care attendance as contained in the Regulations.