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Immunizations
The homeschool law does not mention shots.Neither do the 1994 home instruction guidelines.The school shot law is for a child enrolling in a school program.It covers public and private schools.The school checks shots before the child may enroll.
You do. 1.Keep the shot record in your home file.2.Bring it out if your child enrolls in a school program.Child care and college have their own shot rules.
Where. Keep the records
The law allows each choice below. Read what each one covers.
An exemption is a paper that says a shot rule does not apply to this person.
You do
The paper
The shot record from the doctor's office or the health department.
The state says
You do
The paper
Student Medical Exemption Certificate for Required Immunizations. A doctor signs it. How long it lasts: Set by the clinician for each shot: temporary through a month and year, or permanent. Open the form
Source. cga.ct.gov, portal.ct.gov
Also in the law, with limits
The state says
You do
You do
Source. portal.ct.gov, cga.ct.gov
Member school teams are closed to homeschoolers; enrolled students follow the shot rule, where only the medical exemption is open to new families.
Can my child play? See the full guideThe state says. College students have their own shot law.It names full time students and students working toward a degree.It covers students born after December 31, 1956.They show protection against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.It does not name other part time students.A student who never comes to campus for classes or events is excused.So is a student with a certificate of having had the disease.So is a medical certificate on the state form.A religious statement counts only if given before April 28, 2021.Graduates of a Connecticut public or private high school from 1999 on are excused.That is if they were not medically exempt in school.This line names public and private high schools only.
You do. 1.Before a dual enrollment class, write to the college health office.2.Ask if your child counts as full time or working toward a degree.3.Gather the measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox records.
Where. The college door in the Academic Planner
Source. cga.ct.gov
The state says. Licensed child care and preschool have their own shot rule.The religious exemption ended there in 2021 too.The medical exemption is the one left for a new family.The same state medical form is used for child care.
You do. 1.Ask the program for its shot form.2.If you need a medical exemption, have it done before the first day.
Source. ctoec.org, portal.ct.gov, cga.ct.gov
The state says. The immunization record for each person, or the written exemption, belongs in the same folder as the rest of the school records.
You do. Keep the record, or the exemption, with everything else the state asks you to keep.
Where. Keep the records
Checked against Connecticut's own law on October 20, 2026.
Everywhere in America
Where a shot record actually gets asked for, and where it does not.
Before any shot, what federal law already gives you
This is a summary of public law, not legal advice. Requirements change, so always check your state's own page before you rely on it.
The paper
a statement the parent wrote and filed before April 28, 2021, acknowledged before a notary public or another official the statute names. There is no state form to fill in. A notary has to witness it. It does not expire.
Source. cga.ct.gov, portal.ct.gov