Vaccines for Infants, Children, and Adolescents

Are Your Kids Ready? Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Immunization Law (PDF) Updated 12/23/24
Use this document to see what vaccines are required for your child to enroll in child care, and early childhood programs in Minnesota and to document medical and non-medical exemptions.

Are Your Kids Ready? Minnesota K-12 Immunization Law (PDF) Updated 8/16/24
Use this document to see what vaccines are required for your child to enroll in K-12 school in Minnesota and to document medical and non-medical exemptions.

Recommended immunization schedules

• CDC: Vaccines & Immunizations
  Recommended vaccination schedules for all ages.

• CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow!
  Tools for parents and guardians including recommended immunizations for birth through 6 years old.

  Other languages: CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow!  

  • CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow! in Hmong (PDF)
  • CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow! in Karen (PDF)
  • CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow! in Russian (PDF)
  • CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow! in Somali (PDF)
  • CDC: ¡Su hijo o hija necesita vacunas a medida que crece!
  • CDC: Your child needs vaccines as they grow! in Vietnamese (PDF)

• CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too!
  Tools for parents and guardians including recommended immunizations for children 7-18 years old.

  Other languages: CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too!  

  • CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too! in Hmong (PDF)
  • CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too! in Karen (PDF)
  • CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too! in Russian (PDF)
  • CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too! in Somali (PDF)
  • CDC: ¡Los niños más grandes y los adolescentes también necesitan vacunas!
  • CDC: Older children and teens need vaccines too! in Vietnamese (PDF)
• Well-child Visits and Immunization
  Information on access to health care providers, clinics and health coverage options.
• Teens Need Vaccines, Too! (PDF)
  Fact sheet showing vaccines needed for kids starting at 9-years-old and going through the teen years, until they are up-to-date.

Vaccines work signs and social media images

	Vaccines work: Babies (PDF) 8.5x11 sign for download and printing to hang in exam rooms, lobbies, classrooms, etc.
	Vaccines work: Kids (PDF) 8.5x11 sign for download and printing to hang in exam rooms, lobbies, classrooms, etc.
Vaccines work: Babies (PNG) Share this image on social media.	Vaccines work: Kids (PNG) Share this image on social media.	Vaccines work social media frame (PNG) Use this image as a profile picture frame on social media.

Minnesota immunization laws

• Parent Information on Minnesota's Immunization Law for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs
  Fact sheet on Minnesota's immunization law for parents with children in child care and early childhood programs.
• Minnesota's College Immunization Law
  Information for Minnesota college students about the immunization law.
• Minnesota Statutes, Section 121A.15 Health Standards; Immunizations; School Children
• Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter 4604, Immunization
• Minnesota Statutes, Section 135A.14 Statement of Immunization
  Postsecondary or college immunization law in Minnesota.
• Minnesota Statutes, section 144.3351 Immunization Data
  This statute governs the sharing of immunization data.
• Immunization Requirements for Homeless and Foster Children
  Federal policies override our state law for children in special living situations. Children who are homeless, in foster care, or waiting to be placed in foster care are allowed to enroll without showing immunization records.
• Minnesota's Immunization Law Exemption Provision
  A summary of how to obtain a medical and conscientious exemption to the Minnesota immunization law.