Section 22-B152. VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)

 

152.1A student thirteen (13) years of age or older who has not previously received a varicella vaccine shall receive two (2) doses administered not less than twenty-eight (28) days and not more than two (2) months apart. Varicella shall not be administered within twenty-eight (28) days of receiving a dose of MMR or one of the single-antigen measles, mumps, or rubella vaccines, unless administered on the same day.

 

152.2Beginning with the 2008/2009 school year, a student eighteen (18) years of age or older who has previously received one (1) dose of varicella vaccination shall receive a second dose not earlier than twenty-eight (28) days and not later than two (2) months after the previous dose. Varicella shall not be administered within twenty-eight (28) days of receiving a dose of MMR or one of the single-antigen measles, mumps, or rubella vaccines, unless administered on the same day.

 

152.3Varicella doses administered before the age of eighteen (18) may satisfy the requirements of §§ 152.1 or 152.2, unless given before twelve (12) months of age or at an interval of less than twenty-eight (28) days between doses.

 

152.4The varicella vaccination shall not be required for a student who has written certification of infection with varicella that includes either:

 

(a)A copy of a laboratory report as evidence of varicella disease or immunity to varicella; or

 

(b)A health care provider's diagnosis or verified history of varicella or herpes zoster disease that includes the month and year of the disease.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 1656, 1668 (March 21, 1997); Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 5253 (May 2, 2008).