D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 22. HEALTH |
SubTilte 22-B. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE |
Chapter 22-B1. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
Section 22-B151. HEPATITIS B
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151.1A student who has not received a primary immunization shall receive a total of three (3) doses of hepatitis B vaccine. The second dose shall be administered not earlier than four (4) weeks after the first dose and not later than eight (8) weeks after the first dose. The third dose shall be administered not earlier than eight (8) weeks and not later than sixteen (16) weeks after the second dose and not earlier than sixteen (16) weeks after the first dose.
151.2Prior doses of Hepatitis B, including administration of a two (2) dose schedule of Recombivax HB pursuant to § 144.3, may satisfy §151.1, unless administered at less than the required minimum interval between doses.
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Final Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 1656, 1667 (March 21, 1997); Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 5253 (May 2, 2008).