Immunization Information from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

Colorado law (BOARD OF HEALTH RULE 6 CCR 1009-2) requires all students attending Colorado schools and licensed child cares to be vaccinated against certain diseases, unless an exemption is filed. The minimum number and spacing of doses is set forth in the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) CHILD and ADOLESCENT Immunization Schedules. Meeting the initial vaccine requirements does not excuse a student from meeting additional requirements. In addition to the vaccines required for school entry, there are several vaccines recommended by the ACIP that provide protection against other diseases. These include Meningococcal, Hepatitis A, Rotavirus, Human papillomavirus and Influenza.

Below are the vaccines required for students attending Colorado licensed child cares and schools.

• More information is available here: CHILD CARE | SCHOOL.

Vaccines required to enter child care

• Hepatitis B (HepB).
• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP).
• Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib).
• Inactivated poliovirus (IPV).
• Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV).
• Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR).
• Varicella (chickenpox).

Vaccines required to enter school (K-12)

• Hepatitis B (HepB).

• Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP).*
• Inactivated poliovirus (IPV).*
• Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR).*
• Varicella (chickenpox).*
• Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (Tdap).**

*Students 4 through 6 years of age are required to have their final doses of DTaP, IPV, MMR and Varicella prior to kindergarten entry.

**Students are required to have Tdap prior to entry into 6th grade. One dose of Tdap is required for 6th through 12th grades.

Immunization Parent Letters Preschool/Headstart - 2024-2025 (required by Senate Bill 10-056 to be sent to parents by child care institutions and schools)

•   PRESCHOOL PARENT LETTER - ENGLISH
•   PRESCHOOL PARENT LETTER - SPANISH

Immunization Parent Letters - K-12 - 2024-2025 (required by Senate Bill 10-056 to be sent to parents by child care institutions and schools)

•  K-12 PARENT LETTER - ENGLISH
•  K-12 PARENT LETTER - SPANISH

Tdap Parent Letters for Incoming 6th Grade 2024-2025

• TDAP PARENT LETTER - ENGLISH
• TDAP PARENT LETTER - SPANISH

2022-2023 Immunization Rates by School

Colorado law requires all students attending Colorado schools and licensed child cares to be vaccinated against certain diseases unless they have a certificate of medical or nonmedical exemption on file. You must file a certificate of exemption at each school, or child care the student attends. To protect unvaccinated children, students with an exemption from one or more required vaccines may be kept out of a school or child care during a disease outbreak.

Medical Exemption:

Students with a completed Certificate of medical exemption signed by an advanced practice nurse, a delegated physician assistant, or physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in any state or territory of the United States will need to submit this Certificate only once unless the student’s information or school changes.

CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL EXEMPTION - ENGLISH (5/2023)

CERTIFICATE OF MEDICAL EXEMPTION - SPANISH (5/2023)

Nonmedical Exemption:

• Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year (7/1/2021), the process of submitting a nonmedical exemption will change. There will be two ways to submit a nonmedical exemption. 
  • Submit the Certificate of nonmedical exemption WITH a signature from an immunizing provider in Colorado who is a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, advanced practice nurse, delegated physician’s assistant, or pharmacist OR
  • Submit the Certificate of nonmedical exemption received upon the completion of CDPHE’s Online Immunization Education Module.
• Parents of students in preschool must submit nonmedical exemptions at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months of age. These exemptions expire when the next vaccines are due or when the child enrolls in kindergarten.
• Parents of students in grades K-12 claiming a nonmedical exemption must submit one annually. Nonmedical exemptions expire June 30th each year. If you submit a Certificate of nonmedical exemption on or before June 30th, it will not be valid for the upcoming school year unless you submit the exemption during early registration.

CERTIFICATE OF NON-MEDICAL EXEMPTION - ENGLISH (5/2023)

CERTIFICATE OF NON-MEDICAL EXEMPTION - SPANISH (5/2023)

• CO IMMUNIZATION EDUCATION MODULE

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