North Carolina law requires that every child in the state be immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), poliomyelitis, red measles (rubeola), rubella, and hepatitis B. All students entering school must present proof within 30 calendar days of their first day of attendance that immunizations are complete. The law also requires that a child who received measles (rubeola) vaccine before one year of age must receive a second measles immunization after he/she has reached the first birthday.
If documentation is not provided to the school within the first thirty days of attendance, the student is suspended from school on the thirty-first day.
Parents of kindergarten children must provide a completed Kindergarten Health Assessment form within the first thirty days of school. If documentation is not provided to the school within the first thirty days of attendance, the student is suspended from school on the thirty-first day.
