Health Records Required for Registration FAQs
Health Records Required for Registration FAQs
You must provide a physician certified record of your child’s immunizations. The records must indicate the date each immunization was received. A physician statement that, “all immunizations are current”, is not accepted. If your child’s immunization records are not in English, you must submit a translated copy certified by your physician. Records that are not physician certified, such as baby books, are not accepted.
Your school nurse will review your child’s immunizations records to make sure all required immunizations have been received. Your school nurse will notify you ONE TIME IN WRITING, if your child is missing any required immunizations. The parent/guardian should then follow up with your child’s physician to ensure all required immunizations are received. The list of immunizations required by the State of New Jersey is available on the state website.
YOUR CHILD WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO START SCHOOL UNTIL ALL REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE SCHOOL NURSE.
If your child cannot have a required immunization because of a previous bad reaction, your physician will need to complete a “Medical Contraindication” form. Contact your school nurse to get the form.
You will need to submit a written explanation as to how the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with your child’s exercise of bona fide religious tenets or practices. Please make sure the explanation is dated and signed by the parent/guardian. The written explanation must be provided to your school nurse before the first day of school.
Physical examinations must be conducted within 365 days of your child’s first day of school to be accepted. For example; if the first day of school is September 1, 2016 physicals dated on or after September 2, 2015 are accepted for registration. Please have your physician complete the Universal Child Health Record form available online. Be sure your physician indicates the date and results of the physical examination. A statement from your physician simply stating “child is in good health” is not accepted as documentation of a physical examination.