anyone ever chart the state requirements?

[newmum35]

Did anyone ever look up the info for state mandated vaccines for every state (for school entry for example)? And if so, I was wondering which states had the least? Would be nice if there was a neat chart somewhere that you could scan through real quick to see the differences instead of looking up each state one by one. I know my state has 8 required for school (polio, diphtheria, tetanus, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, hep B) and wondered how other states compared. Are there any with less than this?

[Marnica]

A neat little chart would be nice....

only way to know is to look at each state individually.....

maybe I will make this my new project!! With all the free time I have. it may take me several years to complete!!!

[Amatullah0]

michigan requires
diptheria
Tetanus
pertussis
measles
mumps
chicken pox
hep b
hib
polio

i think thats it, according to http://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/sta.../michigan.aspx

[Emmeline II]

If you are willing to work on it, Inside Vaccines may post it. You can get this information from state health department sites.

http://www.nnii.org/vaccineinfo/index.cfm?l=1

[newmum35]

Originally Posted by Emmeline II

If you are willing to work on it, Inside Vaccines may post it. You can get this information from state health department sites.

http://www.nnii.org/vaccineinfo/index.cfm?l=1

I know I'll never do it (no time) but if someone ever does chart it out, please PM me, would love to see it

I really found that link helpful. I had been using another one (from nvic.org) but find the nnii.org one to be quicker (it is more "chart like" even though its not on one page)

I was aware WV does not allow any exemptions (except for medical) and was feeling pretty sorry for them for a long time. But I just looked up their info & found they are much more reasonable in terms of requirements. They have what we do minus the hep B, chickenpox and mumps (but with the pertussis) - I had been wondering about that, as I can't for the life of me figure out why in the world hep B was ever added to the requirements for schools. (I also have a problem with the chickenpox, but at least THAT one is easy caught!)

[Katerz2u]

Wisconsin requires only DTaP, HepB, MMR, Polio and Chicken Pox (unless parents self report natural immunity).
If you delay the vaccines then the # of some are lowered. For instance, DTaP and Polio require 4 doses unless 3rd dose is after 4th birthday, then only 3 are required.
Of course we also have medical, religious and philosophical exemptions
http://www.nnii.org/vaccineinfo/disease_stateinfo.cfv

[newmum35]

Originally Posted by Katerz2u

Wisconsin requires only DTaP, HepB, MMR, Polio and Chicken Pox (unless parents self report natural immunity).
If you delay the vaccines then the # of some are lowered. For instance, DTaP and Polio require 4 doses unless 3rd dose is after 4th birthday, then only 3 are required.
Of course we also have medical, religious and philosophical exemptions
http://www.nnii.org/vaccineinfo/disease_stateinfo.cfv

That doesn't sound too bad, except for the hepB. Irks me to no end they were able to convince people that one was necessary.

I was wondering mostly, if there are any states that only require DTaP and MMR (and polio, I guess since none probably dropped that one yet Im guessing) Just curious since no time to check

[Katerz2u]

http://yfrog.com/0vstatevaxmapg
Here is a very rough map of the # required for each state. I did not count MMR as 3 separate because the requirements vary so greatly between the states. Some only require measles and rubella, others complete MMR, some 2 doses of measles and 1 rubella, etc.
If anyone wants to use this to make a better one PM me for the .psd file

[bbrandonsmom]

Sounds like a fun project, but lengthy with notes with vax changes. Like a pp mentioned, if you are delaying, the requirement is different, at least from what I remember as well. I had looked up US vax requirements once, and it had a "catch up" schedule and I'm pretty sure it had lower amounts of vaccines given. Then I guess if you want the whole schedule, or just for entering elementary? Isn't the HPV required at a certain age now, as well as the one for meningitis now-for middle school?

[newmum35]

Originally Posted by Katerz2u

http://yfrog.com/0vstatevaxmapg
Here is a very rough map of the # required for each state. I did not count MMR as 3 separate because the requirements vary so greatly between the states. Some only require measles and rubella, others complete MMR, some 2 doses of measles and 1 rubella, etc.
If anyone wants to use this to make a better one PM me for the .psd file

Well that is really interesting and I never thought of the map idea with the numbers. Creative!

I do wish you would have split up the MMR and the DTaP those are not 2 vaccines, but 6. I wouldn't worry about whether or not states require one or two doses of measles for example but just count measles as "1"

[Katerz2u]

The DTaP is always required, or a variation of it, tdap, td, etc because those cannot be split up. The only one I could change would be the MMR, splitting that into 3 separate. The only problem with that is, I believe the single versions are almost non-existent anymore.
I do have each state and their requirements written into a txt document if anyone wants that, PM me. I went through and pulled each requirement from each state.
I found it interesting that WV requires the least, isn't that one of the states with no religious or philo exemption?

[newmum35]

Originally Posted by Katerz2u

The DTaP is always required, or a variation of it, tdap, td, etc because those cannot be split up. The only one I could change would be the MMR, splitting that into 3 separate. The only problem with that is, I believe the single versions are almost non-existent anymore.
I do have each state and their requirements written into a txt document if anyone wants that, PM me. I went through and pulled each requirement from each state.
I found it interesting that WV requires the least, isn't that one of the states with no religious or philo exemption?

I PM you for the document and THANK YOU this is such a time saver.

Whether or not the MMR or DTaP can be split up anymore is irrelevant because many of the states will accept a history of illness (or titre test)

For my state they only require T and D, and NOT the P. The way I see it is just because they happen to include 3 vaccines into ONE shot, it doesn't make it one vaccine. Its still 3 that the body is receiving at once. And just because the state requirements might include all 3 of those too (mine doesn't) doesn't mean that 1 vaccine is required. Its still 3. So by looking at the map, the actual # is higher than the numbers shown. And isn't there some shots that are actually 5-in-1? (pentacel?) what happens if companies suddenly start offering ONLY that, would the entire map need redone making the numbers even lower? Of course not, because the individual diseases is what the count should be. Nothing to do with vaccines, or how they are grouped by the companies. My state requires 8, and I think I saw only a 5 on your map.

But no more quibbling. I'm anxious to see what you've done in the txt file and I'll be able to look over the list rather quickly that way which is probably almost as fast!

[bbrandonsmom]

So you're looking at State minimum requirements then?
I was looking around at our school district and for the public schools at least they had some "new" update on what was now required for different grades. I don't know if it's different than the state requirements or not. I looked at the county next to us and they also had some "new" requirements, but then stated that children must at least meet state requirements.

[newmum35]

Originally Posted by bbrandonsmom

So you're looking at State minimum requirements then?
I was looking around at our school district and for the public schools at least they had some "new" update on what was now required for different grades. I don't know if it's different than the state requirements or not. I looked at the county next to us and they also had some "new" requirements, but then stated that children must at least meet state requirements.

Yes the state requirements for K-12 is what I was referring to. That is really strange the school can require additional ones, never thought of that. Is it a public or private school? I wonder if thats legal for them to "require" additional vaxes that are NOT on the list of the state requirements. I would think its not. Perhaps it was just a "recommendation" but they worded it to make it sound like it was necessary. Still, it never even occurred to me they would make such recommendations.