VACCINE REQUIREMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina law requires all children in the state to receive certain immunizations.
Records are checked when children enter school or child care.
Contact a health care provider or the county health department with specific questions.
7TH GRADE
Vaccine | Number of doses
required before school entry
DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS
AND PERTUSSIS
5 doses
POLIO
4 doses
MEASLES
2 doses
MUMPS
2 doses
RUBELLA
1 dose
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE
TYPE B
4 doses
HEPATITIS B (HEP B)
3 doses
VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)
1 dose
TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA/
PERTUSSIS
1 dose
MENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE
1 dose
12TH GRADE
Vaccine | Number of doses
required before school entry
DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS
AND PERTUSSIS
5 doses
POLIO
4 doses
MEASLES
2 doses
MUMPS
2 doses
RUBELLA
1 dose
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE
TYPE B
4 doses
HEPATITIS B (HEP B)
3 doses
VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)
1 dose
TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA/
PERTUSSIS
1 dose
MENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE
(effective 2020-21 school year)
2 doses
Source: N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
KINDERGARTEN
Vaccination requirements for
kindergarten-age children
Vaccine | Number of doses
required before school entry
DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS
AND PERTUSSIS
5 doses
POLIO
4 doses
MEASLES
2 doses
MUMPS
2 doses
RUBELLA
1 dose
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE
TYPE B
4 doses
HEPATITIS B (HEP B)
3 doses
VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)
2 doses
PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE
4 doses
