How do I figure out which office has my son's vaccination records?
August 6, 2015 11:56 AM Subscribe
How can we find proof of our son's vaccination if we forgot which doctor's office we took him to?
We moved to Los Angeles in 2007. In the whirlwind of the move, we had to get some additional vaccinations for our son, so he could get enrolled in school. We went to a walk-in clinic, he was vaccinated, we got the paper proof, gave that to the school administrators, and forgot about it.
Fast forward to now. He's in middle school, and they need that paper proof all over again. What the elementary school was able to provide wasn't sufficient. The middle school is saying we need to go back to the doctor. (All these schools are LAUSD.) Here's the problem, we have no idea what doctor vaccinated him. We don't remember where the office was. LA was a huge overwhelming mystery at the time, and we don't have any idea where we took him.
So, does anyone have any ideas what we could do? He is vaccinated, but we don't have the proof, and don't know how we can get it. It's fairly urgent, because his middle school year is meant to start in a few weeks.
We moved to Los Angeles in 2007. In the whirlwind of the move, we had to get some additional vaccinations for our son, so he could get enrolled in school. We went to a walk-in clinic, he was vaccinated, we got the paper proof, gave that to the school administrators, and forgot about it.
Fast forward to now. He's in middle school, and they need that paper proof all over again. What the elementary school was able to provide wasn't sufficient. The middle school is saying we need to go back to the doctor. (All these schools are LAUSD.) Here's the problem, we have no idea what doctor vaccinated him. We don't remember where the office was. LA was a huge overwhelming mystery at the time, and we don't have any idea where we took him.
So, does anyone have any ideas what we could do? He is vaccinated, but we don't have the proof, and don't know how we can get it. It's fairly urgent, because his middle school year is meant to start in a few weeks.
Response by poster: I think that's exactly the advice I needed! Thanks!!
posted by visual mechanic at 12:21 PM on August 6, 2015
posted by visual mechanic at 12:21 PM on August 6, 2015
Michigan, where I live, has a registry that any doctor's office can check. All of the kids' vaccinations are entered in it, so when my kids go in for their annual checkups, the office checks the registry as a routine matter. I googled, and California has one as well. This page has info on how to find your child's records, and says that the registry is not complete but there's a good chance records from the 1990s on are included.
posted by not that girl at 12:21 PM on August 6, 2015
posted by not that girl at 12:21 PM on August 6, 2015
Did you claim this on a health plan? If so, they would probably still have records of the billing physician.
posted by grouse at 12:33 PM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by grouse at 12:33 PM on August 6, 2015 [1 favorite]
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