DHS 144.02(22)(22) “Td” means adolescent and adult tetanus and diphtheria vaccine. DHS 144.02(23)(23) “Tdap” means adolescent and adult tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccine. DHS 144.02(24)(24) “Vaccine provider” means a health care facility, as defined in s. 155.01 (6), Stats., which administers vaccines, or a local health department, or a physician’s office which administers vaccines. DHS 144.02 NoteNote: Varicella is commonly known as chickenpox.
DHS 144.02(26)(26) “Written evidence of immunization” means a paper or an electronic record, which at a minimum indicates the date that each required dose of vaccine was administered to a student or the results of a laboratory test indicating immunity to the disease. Students who have not previously attended a Wisconsin school must provide the month, day, and year for each required dose of vaccine. DHS 144.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, June, 1981, No. 306, eff. 7-1-81; r. and recr. (12) (b), Register, June, 1988, No. 390, eff. 7-1-88; correction in (12) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, August, 1995, No. 476; am. (3), cr. (3g), (3m), (3r), (4m) and (13), r. and recr. (4), (6), (7) and (12), renum. (13) to be (14), Register, June, 1997, No. 498, eff. 7-1-97; cr. (13m), Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01; CR 07-077: am. (3) and (14), cr. (6m) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637; CR 19-079: r. and recr. Register January 2023 No. 805, eff. 2-1-23; correction in (17) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., correction in and numbering of (18m) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1. and 35.17, Stats., Register January 2023 No. 805. DHS 144.03DHS 144.03 Minimum immunization requirements. DHS 144.03(1)(1) Individuals included. The minimum immunization requirements authorized by s. 252.04, Stats., and required under this chapter, apply to any student admitted to a Wisconsin elementary, middle, junior or senior high school, or to a Wisconsin child care center. DHS 144.03(2)(2) Requirements for the 2021-2022 school year and for school years following the 2021-2022 school year. DHS 144.03(2)(a)(a) Table DHS 144.03-A, as qualified by pars. (b) to (k), lists the number of doses of each required vaccine that each student in the 2021-2022 school year and following school years shall have received since birth for the age or grade of the student. These comprise the minimum immunizations required under s. 252.04 (2), Stats. They do not, however, represent all the recommended immunizations according to currently accepted immunization schedules. DHS 144.03 NoteNote: CR 19-079 did not take effect until February 1, 2023, and the rule was therefore not in effect for the 2021-22 or 2022-23 school years. DHS 144.03(2)(b)(b) Immunization against measles, mumps, and rubella shall be received no sooner than 4 days before the student’s first birthday. A second dose of MMR shall be received no sooner than 4 weeks after the first dose. DHS 144.03 NoteNote: CR 19-079 did not take effect until February 1, 2023, and the rule was therefore not in effect for the 2021-22 or 2022-23 school years. DHS 144.03(2)(c)(c) The fourth dose of polio vaccine shall be received no sooner than 4 days before the student’s fourth birthday. A student receiving a third dose of polio vaccine after the student’s fourth birthday is not required to receive additional doses. No further doses of polio vaccine are required if the student has not met minimum polio vaccine requirements by the eighteenth birthday. DHS 144.03(2)(d)(d) The fourth or fifth dose of DTP/DT/DTaP/Td/Tdap shall be received no sooner than 4 days before the student’s fourth birthday. Students receiving a third dose of DTP/DT/DTaP/Td/Tdap after the fourth birthday are not required to receive additional doses. DHS 144.03(2)(e)(e) For students age 5 years or older who attend a school that does not use grades, the immunization requirements are those for the grade which would normally correspond to the individual’s age. Immunizations are required for all students age 19 years or older, as prescribed for Grade 12 in table DHS 144.03-A. DHS 144.03(2)(f)(f) Students who begin the Hib series at 12 to 14 months of age are only required to receive 2 doses of Hib, at least 2 months apart. Students who receive 1 dose of Hib 4 days before 15 months of age, or after, are not required to receive additional doses of Hib. DHS 144.03(2)(g)(g) The first dose of Var shall be received no sooner than 4 days before the first birthday. A second dose of Var shall be received no sooner than 4 weeks after the first dose. Students who have a reliable history of varicella disease are not required to receive Var. A physician, physician assistant, or an advanced practice nurse prescriber, must document a reliable history of varicella disease by indicating on the department’s student immunization record form that the student has had varicella disease. DHS 144.03(2)(h)(h) Students between the ages of 11 and 15 years who receive 2 doses of a 2 dose formulation of Hep B are not required to receive a third dose of Hep B.
