The health district is holding clinics at middle schools to vaccinate children entering 7th grade with the mandated Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis) vaccine.
Meningitis and Hepatitis A vaccine is also be available at the clinics.
Contact your health care provider or review your child's vaccine records to find out if your child meets the Tdap mandate.
What Students Must Bring to Clinics
Students must bring the following items to school on the day of the clinic:
- Most recent shot/vaccine record
- A completed Vaccine Administration Record (filled out in ink)
- Payment (if applicable)
- Medicaid or Nevada Checkup insurance card (if applicable)
- Culinary insurance primary card holder's number (if applicable)
Vaccine Administration Record
Download the vaccination administration record. PDF (90KB/2 pages). The form must be completed in ink, signed and brought to the middle school clinic in order for your child to be vaccinated.
Costs
Payment by cash or check is accepted. Checks should be made payable to SNHD. Credit and debit cards are not accepted at school clinics.
The cost to vaccinate your child will depend on your insurance.
Uninsured: An administration fee of $16 for one vaccine or $25 for two or more vaccines.
VFC Eligible:* An administration fee of $16 for one vaccine or $25 for two or more vaccines.
Medicaid insurance: No out-of-pocket expense as long as insurance card is presented at time of vaccination.
Nevada Checkup insurance: No out-of-pocket expense as long as insurance card is presented at time of vaccination.
Culinary insurance: Each vaccine is $6. The primary card holder's culinary insurance number must be provided.
Private insurance that does not cover vaccines: An administration fee of $16 for one vaccine or $25 for two or more vaccines.
Private insurance that covers vaccines: A receipt will be given to your child so you can be reimbursed by your insurance company.
- $60 for the Tdap vaccine
- $50 for the Hepatitis A vaccine
- $130 for the Menactra vaccine
- Administration fee of $16 for one vaccine or $25 for two or more vaccines
* Children eligible for the VFC Program (Vaccines for Children) include American Indians, Alaska Natives, children with no insurance and children with insurance that does not cover vaccines.
Clinic Schedule
Clinics are not open to the public. Only children attending the middle school where the clinic is scheduled and their siblings are eligible to participate. Visit the Back-to-School Clinics webpage for a list of clinics open to the public.
August 13, 2010
9 a.m. - noon
Brown Middle School
August 19, 2010
1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Tarkanian Middle School
August 20, 2010
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Hyde Park Middle School
August 23, 2010
9:30 a.m. - noon
Cannon Middle School
August 23, 2010
9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Del Webb Middle School
August 24, 2010
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Laughlin Middle/Senior High School
August 25, 2010
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
West Prep Middle School
State Regulations
In 2007 the Nevada State Board of Health revised state regulations to mandate that children enrolling in grade seven must be immunized against Bordetella pertussis.
Visit the Nevada Administrative Codes 392.105 
webpage for more information about the regulations.
Vaccine Information Sheets
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a number of vaccine information sheets providing details of the vaccines required to be administered.
Links to these sheets are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Acrobat Reader (a free application) to view and print these documents.
Tdap (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) PDF
Meningococcal PDF
Hepatitis A PDF
