Benefits for Parents

Children need vaccinations to stay healthy. Vaccinations protect a child now and in the future by preventing diseases that can sometimes kill or permanently injure.

Because of this, shots (or a religious or medical exemption) are required by law for children in attendance at public and private schools, preschools, child-care facilities, and Head Start programs. But it can be difficult to keep up with a child’s shot record, especially if you move or change doctors. Florida SHOTS makes it easy to keep up with your child’s immunizations.

Florida SHOTS helps parents by:

  • Consolidating all immunization records for any vaccinations that a child has received from multiple health-care providers
  • Providing an accurate, official copy of a child's immunization history for personal, day care, school, or camp entry requirements
  • Helping ensure that a child's immunizations are up to date
  • Providing reminders or recalls when an immunization is due or has been missed
  • Helping ensure timely immunization for children whose families move or switch health-care providers
  • Preventing unnecessary duplicative immunization
  • Allowing emergency room access to a patient’s immunization status

All shot records are confidential in our secure site. Parents who do not want their child’s shot history included in the immunization registry should tell their health-care provider at the child’s first visit, and must send us a signed opt-out form.