1. Provide for every child the most immediate and effective care possible in the event of illness or injury at school.
   
   
2. Supervise the administration of medication at school according to district policy.
   
   
3. Maintain current health records, including immunizations, for each student.
   
   
4. Enforce communicable disease control measures for the protection of each child.
   
   
5. Conduct a program of vision and hearing screening, referral and follow-up.
   
   
6. Participate in planning, developing, implementing and assessing the district health curriculum.
   
   
7. Utilize formal and informal teaching and counseling methods in working with students, faculty, families and groups.
   
   
8. Serve as a member of a team to identify, evaluate and provide services for exceptional children.
   
   
9. Monitor the health and safety aspects of the school environment.

 All students:

• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP): Five doses required. Four doses acceptable if dose four given on or after the 4th birthday. A booster dose of DTaP required at 7th through 12th grades if no previous history of Tdap vaccination regardless of interval since the last Td vaccine.
  
  
• Poliomyelitis (IPV/OPV): Four doses required. One dose required after age 4, regardless of the number of previous doses, with a 6-month minimum interval from the previous dose.
  
  
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella: Two doses required for kindergarten through 12th grade. First dose administered on or after the 1st birthday.
  
  
• Meningococcal (Serogroup A,C,W,Y):  Two doses required.  Doses should be given at entry to 7^th grade (11-12 years) and 11^th grade (16-18 years).  For children 16-18 years, only one dose is required.
  
  
• Hepatitis A:  Two doses required.  Doses should be given at 12 months with a minimum interval of 6 months between the 1^st and 2^nd dose.
  
  
• Hepatitis B: Three doses required through grade 12.
  
  
• Varicella (chickenpox): Two doses required for kindergarten through 12th grade.
  
  

*unless history of varicella disease documented by a licensed physician with date(MM/DD/YYYY). Two doses are currently recommended by the ACIP for all ages.

Early Childhood students:

• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP) : Five doses required. Doses given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12-15 months (6 months after dose three) and 5 years of age.
  
  
• Poliomyelitis (IPV/OPV): Four doses required. Doses given at 2 months, 4 months, 6-18 months and 4-5 years of age.
  
  
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR): Two doses required. Doses given between 12-15 months and 4-5 years of age.
  
  
• Hepatitis B: Three doses required. Doses given at birth, 2 months, and 6-18 months of age.
  
  
• Varicella (Chickenpox): Two doses required unless history of varicella disease documented by a licensed physician. Doses given at 12-15 months and 4-6 years of age.
  
  
• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib): Four doses required for children less than 5 years of age. Doses given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months and 12-15 months of age. Total doses needed for series completion is dependent on the type of vaccine and the age of the child when doses given.
  
  
• Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV): Four doses required for children less than 5 years of age. Doses given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 12-15 months of age. Total doses needed dependent on the age of the child when doses given.
  
  
• Hepatitis A: Two doses required for children less than 5 years of age. Dose one is given at 12-23 months, with the second dose given 6-18 months later. Children 24 months and older who have not received any doses must receive two doses spaced six months apart.
  
  

First time Blue Valley students:

• Provide a birth certificate
  
  
• Provide evidence of current immunizations. This is in accordance with Kansas Regulation 28-1-20 and the Blue Valley Board of Education Policy 3113.2.
  
  
• Students less than 9 years of age and entering a Kansas school for the first time must present a health assessment (physical). This is in accordance with Kansas Statute 72-6267.
  
  

Returning or transfer students:

• Current immunizations.
  
  
• Additional health records from former school requested.
  
  

Exemptions: Kansas law requires all students entering school for the first time in Kansas to be completely immunized for communicable diseases. Kansas law provides the following alternatives to immunizations:

• Current Immunization Schedules - based on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations
  
  
• Kansas Certificate of Immunization - detailed immunization requirements by age group
  
  
• KCI Form B Medical Exemption - An annual written statement (Form B) signed by a licensed physician indicating the physical condition of the child to be such that the test or inoculations would seriously endanger the life or health of the child; or a written statement signed by one parent or guardian indicating that the child is an adherent to a religious denomination whose religious teachings are opposed to such tests or inoculations.
  
  
• Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices (ACIP) recommendations