Beginning Wednesday, August 2, 2017, Marion Public Health will begin new hours for our Wednesday Immunization Clinics held at 181 S. Main Street in Marion.
New Hours are 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM every Wednesday
Director of Nursing, Kelly Engelhart, is making some changes to our services; “We are switching our Wednesday immunization clinic hours to make our services more accessible to working parents in our community. Summer is a busy time getting kids ready for school, and we want to expand our hours into the evening to make it easier for those parents working during the day to access our services.” “This is a trial to see if the public is receptive to more evening hours. Our intention is to run these hours at least through mid-September.”
Clinics are on a WALK-IN basis. We plan to run two tracks to sort the 7th and 12th grade students out separately from the infants and kindergarten children. Ms. Engelhart states this is done in an effort to make the clinic more efficient for everyone in hope to limit our client’s wait-time during this busy season.
Ohio law requires certain immunizations for certain school aged children, these school requirements include;
- Kindergarten immunizations for DTaP, Polio, Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) and Chickenpox (Varicella)
- 7th Grade for Tdap (Tetanus with pertussis) and Meningitis vaccines
- 12th Grade for second dose of Meningitis vaccine
We ask that parents please bring your child’s immunization record and your insurance card as we bill most insurance carriers.
We are also offering a special “Back to School Clinic” for kids entering 7th and 12th grades. This clinic is for all 7th and 12th grade students in all Marion City and County Schools. This special clinic will be held Tuesday, August 15th from 3:00 – 7:00pm in the Grant Middle School Gymnasium.
7th grade students must be accompanied by an adult. Seniors are able to come with parent permission and can authorize their own immunization administration if they are over the age of 18 years.
Any questions about our immunization clinics can be directed to the Nurses at 740-387-6520.
