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Physicals, Immunizations, & Communicable Diseases

PHYSICALS & IMMUNIZATIONS 

A completed and signed physical examination form must be on file in the office at all times. Newly enrolled students and all kindergartners must have a physical examination dated within twelve months prior to enrollment. Students who enroll midyear must submit a current physical examination within 30 days of enrollment and an immunization record before attending the first day of class. 

Evidence of the following immunizations is required by Virginia State law: MMR (Measles, Mumps, & Rubella), DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, & Pertussis), Varicella (Chickenpox), Polio, PCV (Pneumococcal), Hib (Haemophilus Influenza Type B), and Hepatitis B. Booster doses of MMR and Varicella are required by law as a prerequisite for entry into kindergarten. All prospective seventh graders must provide verification of a Tdap booster. Please contact the office if your child has medical or religious exemptions precluding him or her from receiving immunizations. 

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 

The Code of Virginia requires that certain communicable diseases be reported to the local health department. Please see the list below. Those listed in UPPERCASE must be reported within 24 hours of suspected or confirmed diagnosis by the most rapid means available. All others are required to be reported within 72 hours of suspected or confirmed diagnosis. The most up-to-date reportable disease chart can be found on the website of the Virginia Department of Health. 

  • Amebiasis 
  • ANTHRAX 
  • Arboviral infection (e.g., EEE, LAC, SLE, WNV, Zika) 
  • BOTULISM 
  • BRUCELLOSIS 
  • Babesiosis 
  • Campylobacteriosis 
  • Candida auris 
  • Carbapenemase-producing organism ● Chancroid 
  • Chickenpox (Varicella) 
  • Chlamydia trachomatis infection ● CHOLERA 
  • CORONAVIRUS INFECTION, SEVERE (SASR-CoV, MERS CoV) 
  • Covid-19 
  • Cryptosporidiosis 
  • Cyclosporiasis 
  • DIPHTHERIA 

DISEASE CAUSED BY AN AGENT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A WEAPON 
  • Ehrlichiosis 
  • Escherichia coli infection, Shiga toxin-producing 
  • Giardiasis 
  • Gonorrhea 
  • Granuloma inguinale 
  • HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INFECTION INVASIVE 
  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
  • HEPATITIS A 
  • Hepatitis B (acute and chronic) 
  • Hepatitis C (acute and chronic) 
  • Hepatitis, other acute viral 
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Influenza 
  • INFLUENZA-ASSOCIATED DEATHS IN CHILDREN < 18 YEARS OF AGE 
  • INFLUENZA A, NOVEL VIRUS 
  • Lead-elevated blood levels 
  • Legionellosis 
  • Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) 
  • Leptospirosis 
  • Listeriosis 
  • Lyme disease 
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum 
  • Malaria 
  • MEASLES (Rubeola) 
  • MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE 
  • MPOX / MONKEYPOX 
  • Mumps 
  • Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)
  • Ophthalmia neonatorum 
  • OUTBREAKS, ALL (including but not limited to food-borne, healthcare-associated, occupational, toxic substance-related, and waterborne) 
  • PERTUSSIS 
  • PLAGUE 
  • POLIOVIRUS, including POLIOMYELITIS
  • PSITTACOSIS 
  • Q FEVER 
  • RABIES, HUMAN AND ANIMAL 
  • Rabies treatment, post-exposure
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Spotted fever rickettsiosis) 
  • RUBELLA, including congenital rubella syndrome 
  • Salmonellosis 
  • SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) 
  • Shigellosis 
  • SMALLPOX (Variola) 
  • Staphylococcus aureus, infection (invasive methicillin- resistant and any vancomycin-intermediate or vancomycin-resistant) 
  • Streptococcal disease, Group A, invasive
  • Streptococcus pneumonia infection, invasive, in children <5 years of age
  • Syphilis (report PRIMARY and SECONDARY syphilis by rapid means) 
  • Tetanus 
  • Toxic substance-related illness 
  • Trichinosis (Trichinellosis) 
  • TUBERCULOSIS, ACTIVE DISEASE (MYCOBACTERIA) 
  • Tuberculosis infection 
  • TULAREMIA 
  • TYPHOID/PARATYPHOID FEVER 
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF DISEASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN 
  • VACCINIA, DISEASE OR ADVERSE EVENT
  • VIBRIOSIS 
  • VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER 
  • YELLOW FEVER 
  • Yersiniosis 

NOTE: In addition to informing the health department, parents are to inform the school within 24 hours of the next business day after their child, or any member of the immediate household, has developed any of the above reportable communicable diseases, except for life-threatening diseases, which must be reported to the school immediately. 

If deemed advisable by the Head of School, the appropriate letter will notify the parent community of the potential health risks.