immunizations and vaccines

These are the vaccines needed for all students in the State of Maine to be considered up to date. These requirements are the law. Students will not be allowed to attend after the first day of the 2020-2021 school year without proof of the vaccines or a signed exemption. The law will change to allow only medical exemptions as of September 1st, 2021.

• • Vaccine type, date administered and the name of the provider
  • Often the nurses can access immunization records from the Maine Immunization Registry also known as IMMPACT 
  • Parents must supply the needed information if the registry records are incomplete or not available
  • You can ask your child's healthcare provider to fax immunization records to the Health Office: 207-778-3564

What if your want your child to be excluded from the immunization requirement?

• A parent may request an exemption from any or all of the required immunizations based on medical reasons or sincere religious or philosophical beliefs
• Students who are not fully immunized may need to be excluded from school if there is an outbreak of disease.  This will be done according to recommendations by the Maine Centers for Disease Control (Maine CDC)
• A written parent request for immunization exemption must be completed each school year.  You can download a copy of the immunization request form below.    

What if you have questions?

• Contact your child's health care provider
• Contact your child's school nurse - RSU 9 School-Based Nursing Staff