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| Varicella Prevention Mandates |
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| An empty box in this table indicates a "NO" answer |
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| State |
Any childhood varicella vaccine mandate? |
Varicella vaccine or immunity
law for daycare entry, year in effect. |
Varicella vaccine or immunity
law for elementary school entry, year in effect. |
Varicella vaccine or immunity
law for middle school/junior high entry, year in effect. |
| Alabama |
yes |
9/00 |
9/01 prog† |
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| Alaska |
yes |
7/01 |
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| Arizona |
yes |
9/05 |
9/05† progressive |
9/05† progressive |
| Arkansas |
yes |
3/00 |
9/00 |
09/04 |
| California |
yes |
7/01 |
7/01 |
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| Colorado |
yes |
7/00 |
7/00 |
2006 |
| Connecticut |
yes |
2/00 |
8/00 |
8/00 |
| Delaware |
yes |
9/02 |
9/03 |
9/03 |
| Dist of Columbia |
yes |
1997 |
1997 prog† |
1997 prog† |
| Florida |
yes |
7/01 |
school year 2001
prog† |
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| Georgia |
yes |
8/00 |
8/00 |
8/01 |
| Hawaii |
yes |
7/02 |
7/02 |
7/02 |
| Idaho |
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| Illinois |
yes |
7/02 |
7/02† |
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| Indiana |
yes |
1/03 |
school year 2004 |
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| Iowa |
yes |
1/04 |
1/04 |
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| Kansas |
yes |
9/09 |
9/04 |
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| Kentucky |
yes |
8/01 |
8/01 |
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| Louisiana |
yes |
9/03 |
9/03 |
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| Maine |
yes |
11/02 |
9/03† |
9/04† |
| Maryland |
yes |
2000 |
2001 prog† |
2007 prog† |
| Massachusetts |
yes |
1998-daycare
1999-preschool |
1999 prog† |
1999 prog† |
| Michigan |
yes |
1/00 |
9/02 |
9/02 |
| Minnesota |
yes |
9/04 |
9/04 |
9/04 |
| Mississippi |
yes |
school year 2002 |
school year 2002 |
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| Missouri |
yes |
7/30/01 |
school year 2005 |
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| Montana |
yes |
9/06 |
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| Nebraska |
yes |
2/04 |
7/04 prog† |
7/04 prog† |
| Nevada |
yes |
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7/03 |
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| New Hampshire |
yes |
1/03 |
school year
2003 |
school year
2003
for 6th grade entry |
| New Jersey |
yes |
9/04 |
9/04 |
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| New Mexico |
yes |
9/00 |
9/02 |
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| New York |
yes |
1/01 |
9/03 |
1/05 |
| North Carolina |
yes |
4/02
(for children born on or after 4/1/01) |
2006 |
2012 |
| North Dakota |
yes |
1/04 |
9/04 |
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| Ohio |
yes |
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school year 2006† |
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| Oklahoma |
yes |
1998 |
1998 prog† |
2004 prog† |
| Oregon |
yes |
9/00 |
9/00 |
9/00 |
| Pennsylvania |
yes |
1997 |
school year 2002 |
school year 2002 |
| Rhode Island |
yes |
1999 |
1999 prog† |
8/00 prog† |
| South Carolina |
yes |
9/00 |
school year 2001 |
2007 prog† |
| South Dakota |
yes |
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7/00 |
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| Tennessee |
yes |
1999 |
7/02 |
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| Texas |
yes |
8/00 |
8/00 |
8/00 |
| Utah |
yes |
7/08 |
2002 prog† |
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| Vermont |
yes |
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8/08 |
8/08 |
| Virginia |
yes |
born on or after 1/97 |
born on or after 1/97 |
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| Washington |
yes |
7/06 |
7/06 |
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| West Virginia |
yes |
1/00 |
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| Wisconsin |
yes |
school year 2001
prog† |
school year 2001
prog† |
school year 2004 prog† |
| Wyoming |
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| This document was reviewed on
October 15, 2008 |
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| † |
Signifies a "progressive" law in which each new school year another successive grade becomes covered by the law (e.g., 7th grade in 2000, 7th and 8th grade in 2001). |
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on October 15, 2008 |
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