When a student is transferring within the district, the parent/guardian should ask the school nurse. They will be asked to fill out a records request, and then the nurse can print out the needed information. Administrative Assistants and School Secretaries also have the ability to print these records. For a student who has graduated from or left the district, a request needs to be made to the Student Records department located on Hillcrest Drive next to West High School.

Contact either your private physician or the local city/county health clinic where your child received the immunizations. You may contact 2-1-1 for assistance in locating a city/county health clinic in your area. If you have consented to having your child’s immunization information entered into the statewide immunization registry, ImmTrac, you may ask your private physician or the local city/county health clinic to search the ImmTrac Registry.

We ask that you allow us time to make copies of your child's immunization (shot) record, school form (medication at school form, day care form, etc.) or medical record. Please plan ahead and allow enough time for us to help meet your needs. Our clinic policy is to have: (1) Immunization Record copies completed within 24-48 hours, (2) School Forms signed within 24-72 hours, and (3) Medical Record copies to be completed within 10 work days.

The TB skin test uses a small amount of purified protein derivative (PPD), which is a substance that your body’s immune system will respond to by creating a bump at the skin test site when you have TB.

A small amount of PPD is injected with a small needle just under the skin on the forearm. This area of the arm is checked 2-3 days after the injection to see if a bump develops. A nurse or physician needs to measure the size of the bump to see if you have a positive skin test. A positive skin test does NOT mean that a person has active TB, but usually means that a person has been exposed to TB at some point in the past. The skin test may be repeated twice in some groups (e.g.

The TB skin test can be falsely negative (e.g., show no reaction) in students who may have been infected recently (in the past several weeks). The TB germ grows slowly and your body’s immune system takes time to react to it. Therefore, when screening students who have been recently exposed to a person with active TB, you need to repeat the TB skin test 10 weeks later to be sure that you have not been infected with TB.

If you have consented for your child's immunization records to be sent to ImmTrac, the Texas Immunization Registry, call 800.252.9152 or your local health department to get a copy of your child's record. If you did not give consent, you will have to contact either your private physician or the local city/county health clinic where your child received the immunizations.

If you child received his/her vaccinations at our clinic, we do keep those records on file and on computer. Replacement records vary in cost: First replacement of a complete shot record is free; second replacement is $5.00.

The person with a positive TB skin test who has no signs or symptoms of TB cannot give the TB germ to anyone else. The positive TB skin test indicates only that the person may have been exposed to the TB germ. It does not mean that they have TB disease. The Health Department is notified about all persons suspected of having or diagnosed with active TB disease which can be passed on to another person.

All requests for copies of immunizations must be made in writing to the Health Center. You may use this form and mail or fax it to us. There is a $3.00 charge for sending these records. Please allow up to 3 business days to process your request.

Records are available for patients who have received immunization services at the Health Department including prior immunization information if provided. Come to the Health Department and request a copy. There is a minimal fee if a copy has been issued previously. You must bring ID. If you are out-of-town, send a written request for your copy. PPDs are offered Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Immunizations are provided Monday and Friday 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The advice for most people is to get a tuberculin test if you have symptoms or if you are living in close contact or have otherwise been in close contact with someone who recently came down with TB disease. (Some people get skin tests because of their jobs, in a school or hospital, for example, to make sure they will not infect others if they have TB.

You can find complete information about obtaining copies of medical records on our site. If you can’t find the information you are looking for on that page, please call our Release of Information Unit at 734-936-5490.

Print and complete the immunization request form and mail to the Elkhart County Health Department, 608 Oakland Ave, Elkhart, IN 46516. The form may also be faxed to 574-523-2145.

The only immunization records that are kept by the Texas Department of State Health Services are for children under 18 years of age and whose parents and/or legal guardian consented to have entered into the ImmTrac database. If you are an adult you will need to contact the local city/county health department or physician's office where your shots were received.