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Immunizations
The home education law does not mention shots.The school shot law covers public schools and private schools.The law says a home education program is not a private school.So while your child learns only at home, nothing about shots is filed.
You do. File nothing about shots with the school district.Keep your child's shot record at home.A team, a college or a child care center may ask for it later.
Where. Keep the records
Source. m.flsenate.gov
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.
The state says
You do
The paper
DH 681, Religious Exemption from Immunization. The county health department issues it. It does not expire.
Source. m.flsenate.gov, floridahealth.gov
You do
The paper
The shot record from the doctor's office or the health department.
The state says
You do
The paper
DH 680, Florida Certification of Immunization, permanent medical exemption part. A doctor signs it. It does not expire.
Source. m.flsenate.gov, floridahealth.gov
The state says
You do
The paper
DH 680, Florida Certification of Immunization, temporary medical exemption part. A doctor signs it. It does not expire.
Source. m.flsenate.gov, floridahealth.gov
You do
Source. floridahealth.gov
Campus activities need shots on file at the school; the DH 681 religious exemption or the DH 680 medical exemption also works.
Can my child play? See the full guideThe state says. Florida colleges must tell students about two diseases.They are meningitis and hepatitis B.A student who lives on campus must show shots for both.Or the student can sign a waiver for each one. A waiver is a form that says no.A parent signs for a student under 18.
You do. 1.Before the first dual enrollment class, ask the college what health papers it wants.Dual enrollment means a high school student takes a college class.2.Ask if the rule covers a student who does not live on campus.
Where. The college door in the Academic Planner
Source. m.flsenate.gov
The state says. Yes, child care is covered.That means a preschool, a child care center or a family day care home.It needs Form DH 680 on file before the first day.Or it keeps the DH 681 religious exemption on file.
You do. Before the first day, give the center one of these:1.Form DH 680 from the doctor.2.Form DH 681 from the county health department.
Source. floridahealth.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 Florida'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.