N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-4.16

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:57-4.16 - Hepatitis B virus vaccine

(a) Every child born on or after January 1, 1990 shall have received three doses of hepatitis B vaccine, or any vaccine combination containing hepatitis B virus, prior to school entry into a Kindergarten through Grade 12, or a comparable age level special education program with an unassigned grade.

(b) Children born on or after January 1, 1990 attending or transferring into a New Jersey school with no documented doses of hepatitis B vaccine, shall receive the first dose before entering school and shall receive a second dose of a hepatitis B containing vaccine, no later than three months after receiving the first dose and shall receive the third dose no later than 12 months following the first dose.

1. A child entering school with one documented dose shall have no longer than six months to complete the three dose hepatitis B series.

2. A child entering school with two documented doses shall have no longer than four months to complete the three dose hepatitis B series.

(c) Unvaccinated children 11 through 15 years of age who have not begun or completed the hepatitis B vaccine series, can be given two doses of any hepatitis B vaccine licensed and approved for a two dose regimen to satisfy the hepatitis B requirement. If the child is age-eligible to receive the two dose regimen, the second and final dose shall be received no later than six months following the first dose.

(d) Children who present documented laboratory evidence of hepatitis B disease or immunity, constituting a medical exemption, shall not be required to receive hepatitis B vaccine.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:57-4.16

Amended by R.2003 d.412, effective 10/20/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 3945(a), 35 N.J.R. 4883(b).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2004 d.272, effective 7/19/2004.
See: 35 N.J.R. 4975(a), 36 N.J.R. 3423(b).
Added a new (i), added (j), and recodified former (i) as (k).
Amended by R.2008 d.9, effective 1/7/2008 (operative September 1, 2008).
See: 38 N.J.R. 5284(a), 40 N.J.R. 151(a).
Rewrote (a); deleted former (b), (d) through (f) and (h) through (j); recodified former (c) as (b), (g) as (c) and (k) as (d); in the introductory paragraph of (b), substituted "1990" for "1996" and deleted "(Kindergarten and Grade 1) for the first time after September 1, 2001," following "New Jersey school"; added (b)1 and (b)2; and in (c), deleted "and subject to the Grade Six hepatitis B requirement commencing September 2, 2001," following "series," and inserted the last sentence.

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