SC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS
The School District of Newberry County has partnered with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center to provide vaccinations for students who have not yet met the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) immunization requirements.
These immunization requirements are established by the South Carolina Department of Public Health to help protect the health and safety of all students, staff, and our community.
School nurses will allow a grace period through August 21 for students to become compliant. However, if a student reports to school on August 24 without the required immunizations and has already used their one-time 30-day exemption, South Carolina law requires that the student be excluded from school until the required immunizations or appropriate documentation is provided.
Mobile Vaccine Clinic in Newberry County
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center’s Community Health Van will be on site providing school vaccines to children in grades K-12 who are eligible for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program.
Children are eligible for VFC until they turn 19, if they meet one or more of the following criteria: Medicaid-eligible | Uninsured | Underinsured | American Indian or Alaska Native Vaccines offered: HPV, Tdap, Meningitis, Chicken Pox, Polio, MMR,
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.
August 20, 2026
Mid-Carolina Middle School
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
6794 US Highway 76
Prosperity, SC 29127
Newberry High School
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
3113 Main St.
Newberry, SC 29108
August 21, 2026
Whitmire Community School
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
2597 SC Hwy 66
Whitmire, SC 29178
What parents need to know about HPV
The HPV vaccine is FDA-approved and extremely safe and effective.
The HPV vaccine is for both boys and girls. The optimal age for the first dose is 11–12, but it can begiven as early as 9.
Your child only needs 2 doses if vaccination is initiated before age 15.
The HPV vaccine is long lasting and protects against 6 types of cancer.
To register and complete the parental consent form: https://hollingscancercenter.musc.edu/outreach/hpv