IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS
2015-2016 Texas Minimum State Vaccine Requirements
for Students Grades K-12
Vaccine Required
Diptheria/
TetanusPertussis
(DTaP/DTP/DT/Td/Tdap)
Minimum Number of Doses Required by Grade Level
K - 5th
5 doses or 4 doses
Polio
Measles, Mumps, and
Rubella
(MMR)
6th
2 doses
of MMR
3doseprimary 3 dose primary
series and 1
series and 1
Tdap/Tdbooster Tdap/Td booster
within last
within last
5 years
10 years
2 doses of measles and
1 dose each of rubella and mumps vaccine
3 doses
2 doses
Meningococcal
Hepatitis A
8th - 12th
4 doses or 3 doses
Hepatitis B
Varicella
7th
1 dose
2 doses
1 dose
2 doses
For more information about health and immunization requirements, click here to visit the
Texas Department of State Health Services.
This chart summarizes the vaccine requirements incorporated in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 25 Health Services,
Sections 97.61 to 97.72. This chart is not intended as a substitute for consulting the TAC, which has other provisions and details.
Click here for complete TAC language.
The Department of State and Health Services (DSHS) is granted authority to set immunization requirements by the Texas
Education Code, Chapter