Get your appointment now for the immunizations that your children need for the upcoming school year. The Saline County Health Unit will have July 26th and August 9th available for appointments.
You can call 501-303-5650 to get set up. The Health Unit is located at 1612 Edison Avenue in Benton. The entrance is from Highway 35. See the map below.
The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education establishes the rules governing immunization requirements in Arkansas Public Schools. You can read the full policy at this link.
The updated requirements for entrance into Kindergarten:
- 4 doses of DTaP, DTP, DT pediatric
- 3 doses of Polio
- 3 doses if Hepatitis B
- 2 doses of MMR
- 2 doses of Varicella
- 1 dose of Hep A
Grades 1st thru 12th are as follows:
- No fewer than 3 doses of DTAP, DTP, DT (pediatric), TD- adult, Tdap-1 dose of Tdap for students 11 and older.
- 3 doses of polio with one dose after the age of 4
- 2 doses of MMR
- 2 doses of varicella
- 3 doses of Hepatitis B
- Meningococcal before 7th grade and at age 16. Only one dose if the first one was at age 16 or older.
- 1 dose of Hep A