Immunizations

Please see the Montana Department of Health and Human Services website for information on immunization requirements for attending public school: 

https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/publichealth/Immunization/SchoolVaccineRequirementsAugust2019.pdf?ver=2020-01-29-160229-620

Vaccination records or exemption forms should be returned to your student's school secretary or school nurse, or to the district administration office (410 Colorado Ave, Laurel, MT 59044) in order for your student to begin each school year. Records and forms can also be sent to your child's school via fax or email (lpsnurses@laurel.k12.mt.us)

All medical and religious exemption forms are due prior to the first day of school. Any students without proper documentation will not be allowed to attend until their immunizations and/or documents are current. Medical and religious exemption forms were revised in 2021, so for any new exemptions, please ensure you use the most up-to-date form, and return forms before the start of the school year.

Please note that per MCA 20-5-403, whenever there is good cause to believe that a person for whom an exemption has been filed under this section has a disease or has been exposed to a disease listed in 20-5-403 or will as the result of school attendance be exposed to the disease, the person may be excluded from the school by the local health officer or the department until the excluding authority is satisfied that the person no longer risks contracting or transmitting that disease.

Medical Exemption Form: https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/publichealth/Immunization/HES101A.pdf

Religious Exemption Form: https://www.dphhs.mt.gov/assets/publichealth/Immunization/HES113Schools.pdf

The state of Montana requires an additional dose of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine prior to entering the seventh grade. 

Appointments for immunizations can be made at several health care facilities, including at the Laurel Family Medicine Clinic (406-628-6311), Billings Clinic Downtown Pediatrics (406-238-5097), Billings Clinic West Pediatrics (406-238-5800), the Children’s Clinic West End or Downtown (406-281-8700), and the RiverStone Health Immunization Clinic (406-247-3382). 

All medical and religious exemption forms are also due prior to the first day of school. Any students without proper documentation will not be allowed to attend until their immunizations and/or documents are current. These exemption forms were revised in 2021, so for any new exemptions, please ensure you use the most up-to-date form, and return forms before the start of the school year. 

Vaccination records or exemption forms may be brought to middle school secretaries, faxed to the middle school, emailed (lpsnurses@laurel.k12.mt.us), or returned to the district administration office (410 Colorado Ave, Laurel, MT 59044) in order for your student to begin their seventh-grade school year. 

See the Montana Department of Health and Human Services website for more information on immunization requirements at https://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/Immunization/childcareandschoolresources.

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