N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-6.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 8:57-6.5 - Required immunization; measles

(a) Each new student entering the institution for the first time after September 1, 1995 shall have received two doses of a live measles-containing vaccine, or any vaccine combination containing live measles vaccine, that was administered after 1968.

1. The first dose shall have been administered on or after the student's first birthday and the second dose shall have been administered no less than one month after the first dose.

(b) A student vaccinated with a killed measles-containing vaccine, or an unknown vaccine prior to 1968, shall be revaccinated or produce laboratory proof of measles immunity.

(c) A student who presents documented laboratory evidence of measles immunity shall not be required to receive either the first or second dose of measles vaccine.

(d) The institution shall count measles containing vaccine administered up to four days before the student's first birthday or four days before the one-month interval (28 days) to the second dose as a valid dose.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-6.5

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.3 and amended by R.2009 d.107, effective 4/6/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1962(a), 41 N.J.R. 1419(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), inserted "new" and substituted "the institution" for "college"; recodified the former last sentence as (a)1; in (c) inserted "either the first or second dose of"; and added (d). Former N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.5, Required immunization; rubella, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:57-6.7.

The adopted version of this section 56 N.J.R. 213(a), effective 1/3/2024 is not yet available