Healthy Kids Are Everybody's JobA guide to Minnesota's
immunization law for parents with children in childcare.
Download PDF version formatted for print: Healthy Kids Are
Everybody’s Job: Day Care Kids Need Their Shots (PDF: 425KB/2
pages) Yes, the DTP, polio, MMR, chickenpox, pneumococcal, and
Hib shots are required for child care. Only children with a
medical reason for not receiving a shot, or whose parents are
conscientiously opposed to immunization, may be granted an
exemption to these requirements. A child care provider can
refuse to admit your child if he or she doesn’t have
documentation of either the shots or a legal exemption.
Hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, and flu shots are not yet required
but are highly recommended for all infants and young children.
Parents who don’t get their children immunized early in life –
during the critical ages from birth to 2 years – may be putting
them at risk for a number of childhood diseases. These diseases
can cause serious health problems and may even result in dea