BASD: Vaccination requirements explained

The Bethlehem Area School District health services has announced vaccination requirements for all grades.

On the first day of school, unless the student had a medical or religious / philosophical exemption, the attendee must have had at least one dose of the following vaccinations or risk exclusion: four doses of polio and of tetanus, diptheria and acellular pertussis; three doses of hepatitis B; and two doses of varicella (chicken pox) or evidence of immunity and of measles, mumps and rubella immunizations.

There are additional requirements for students entering seventh and twelfth grades. They will continue to be required each succeeding school year. The complete requirements lists may be found by visiting www.beth.k12.pa.us/Departments/Health/req_immunizations.lasso.

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