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Hepatitis A Prevention Mandates
 

An empty box in this table indicates a "NO" answer
State Mandate? Target group Implementation
date
Alabama      
Alaska yes Daycare, Head Start, K-12 07/01
Arizona yes Daycare and Head Start in Maricopa County 1/19/99
Arkansas      
California      
Colorado      
Connecticut      
Delaware      
Dist of Columbia      
Florida      
Georgia yes Target Daycare enrollees born on/after 1/1/06 7/1/07
Hawaii      
Idaho      
Illinois      
Indiana      
Iowa      
Kansas      
Kentucky      
Louisiana      
Maine      
Maryland      
Massachusetts      
Michigan      
Minnesota      
Mississippi      
Missouri yes Foodhandlers & restaurant workers in St. Louis County 6/16/99
    Foodhandlers in city of St. Louis 8/99
Montana      
Nebraska      
Nevada yes Foodhandlers and daycare enrollees in Clark County 1999
    K-12, new enrollees only 7/1/02
New Hampshire      
New Jersey      
New Mexico yes K-1, selected counties only 9/1/02
New York      
North Carolina      
North Dakota      
Ohio      
Oklahoma yes Daycare, Head Start, K-4 and 7-11 (will expand to K-12 in 2003-04) 1998
Oregon      
Pennsylvania      
Rhode Island      
South Carolina      
South Dakota      
Tennessee yes Daycare enrollees in Shelby County 1996
Texas yes Daycare and Head Start enrollees statewide; K-12 enrollees born after 9/1/92 in 39 counties along TX/Mexico border 9/1/05; Border counties: 8/1/99 and 8/1/00
Utah yes Kindergartners only 7/1/02
Vermont      
Virginia      
Washington      
West Virginia      
Wisconsin      
Wyoming      
       
* Reference period used to determine need for recommendation: 1987-1997 reported cases to National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System as referenced in "Prevention of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization: Recommendations of the ACIP." MMWR 1999;48(RR-12)

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This page was updated on April 11, 2007

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