Maine schools require specific immunization documentation before a child can enroll or continue attending. This page covers the exact records Maine law requires, how to retrieve them from ImmPact (Maine's immunization registry), and what to do if records are incomplete at enrollment time.
Last verified: September 3, 2026
Under 22 M.R.S.A. §1064, no child may be admitted to a Maine public or private school without evidence of required immunizations. The certificate is typically a printed record from the child's healthcare provider or an ImmPact printout verified by Maine CDC.
The immunization certificate must show dated dose records for each of the following vaccine groups required for K–12 entry:
ImmPact is Maine's statewide immunization information system. Most Maine healthcare providers report administered doses to ImmPact electronically. Contact your child's healthcare provider or Maine CDC to request a printed immunization history from the registry. An ImmPact printout is accepted by Maine schools as an official immunization record.
(Source: maine.gov — ImmPact, accessed September 3, 2026)
If ImmPact doesn't have a complete record — especially for doses administered out of state — bring your existing records to your child's healthcare provider. They can review what's documented, verify dose dates, and provide a signed immunization certificate that meets Maine's school entry requirements.
Students entering 7th grade in Maine need two additional documented doses: a Tdap booster (administered on or after the 10th birthday) and a MenACWY dose. If your child is approaching middle school, verify these are on record before enrollment — the 7th-grade checkpoint is the most common point where missing documentation delays admission.
If your child was previously enrolled in another state or country, bring those records to a Maine-licensed provider. They review the existing documentation, verify dose dates, and create or update the Maine immunization certificate. Maine schools accept any verifiable dose record completed by a licensed provider.
Maine allows provisional enrollment for students who are in the process of completing their immunization series at the time of enrollment. Students must have received at least the first dose of each required vaccine and must be on a schedule to complete the remaining doses. Schools track compliance and follow up with families on a set schedule.
(Source: 22 M.R.S.A. §1064, accessed September 3, 2026)
Portland Public Schools, Lewiston School Department, and Bangor School Department all follow the state's provisional enrollment rules. Contact your school's health office for the specific timeline used by that district.
Every person gets one health story, and one private Family Stork email address every clinic already knows how to use. Give that address to your pediatrician in Portland, your child's school nurse, or a specialist in Bangor — they send records to it, and the immunization history builds itself into one timeline.
When Maine schools ask for the immunization certificate at enrollment — or at the 7th-grade checkpoint — the dose dates are already filed. No calling the old provider, no re-requesting from ImmPact, no searching through a drawer of paper cards.
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Start your family's record — freeMaine recognizes medical exemptions only. Religious and philosophical exemptions were eliminated under LD 798 (2019). Medical exemptions must be signed by a licensed physician (MD or DO) and filed with the school.
The official exemption process is described by Maine CDC:
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