The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
004
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IMMUNIZATION
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1121)
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§ 1121. Immunizations required prior to attending school and child care facilities
(a) No person may enroll as a student in a Vermont school, regardless of whether the student
has been enrolled in the school during a previous school year, unless the appropriate
school official has received a record or certificate of immunization issued by a licensed
health care practitioner or a health clinic that the person has received required
immunizations appropriate to age as specified by the Vermont Department of Health.
(b) No person may enroll or retain a child in a child care facility, regardless of whether
the child has been enrolled in the facility during a previous year, unless the facility
has received a record or certificate of immunization issued by a licensed health care
practitioner or a health clinic that the child has received required immunizations
in the prior 12-month period appropriate to age as specified by the Vermont Department
of Health.
(c)(1) To the extent permitted under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (family educational and privacy rights), and any regulations adopted pursuant to
20 U.S.C. § 1232g, all schools and child care facilities shall make publicly available the aggregated
immunization rates of the student body for each required immunization using a standardized
form that shall be created by the Department. Each school and child care facility
shall provide the information on the school and child care facility’s aggregated immunization
rate for each required immunization to students, or in the case of a minor to parents
and guardians, at the start of each academic year and to any student, or in the case
of a minor to the parent or guardian of any student, who transfers to the school or
child care facility after the start of the academic year. A student attending a postsecondary
school shall directly receive information on the school’s aggregated immunization
rate at the start of the academic year or upon transfer to the school, regardless
of whether the student is a minor.
(2) Each school and child care facility shall annually, on or before January 1, submit
its standardized form containing the student body’s aggregated immunization rates
to the Department.
(3) Notwithstanding section 1120 of this title, as used in this subsection only, the term “child care facility” shall exclude a
family day care home licensed or registered under 33 V.S.A. chapter 35. (Added 1979, No. 40; amended 1981, No. 18, § 2; 2007, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2011, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2013, No. 34, § 12; 2015, No. 37, § 3; 2023, No. 6, § 114, eff. July 1, 2023.)