Before your child can enroll in child care, school and college, he or she must have vaccinations, or shots, required by the state of North Carolina. These shots prevent the spread of diseases that can cause death.

• Check with all your child's previous health care providers. Don't forget visits to your local public health department or neighborhood clinic.
• Look through your old papers--sometimes immunization records are tucked away in a baby book, or included on school or camp medical history forms.
• Check with any schools or child care program your child has attended to see if they have retained a record of immunizations required for school entrance.
• Teens and adults don't forget about any vaccines that might have been required for college entrance or a job.
• For tips in finding immunization records from other states, please visit the Center for Disease Control website.