Immunization record requests can be made by phone (865-215-5150), fax (865-215-5155), email (KCHDIP@knoxcounty.org), mail or in person.
You will need to provide: full name, date of birth, address, current phone number, and parent’s name (if child is under 18 years of age).
Reminders:
- Please allow 2 to 5 days to process immunization records and call to arrange a pickup time.
- If making the request through email, a phone number must be provided for the department to contact the person requesting the records. Requests made by mail should be sent to the following address: Knox County Health Department, Immunization Program, 140 Dameron Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917.
- Records can only be mailed to the home address; records cannot be faxed or emailed. Children's records may be obtained by parent only.
- Anyone 18 years old or older has to request their own records.
- If obtaining records in person, please bring picture ID.
How can you get your immunization records for school?
- Proof of immunizations is required for children entering preschool, kindergarten and seventh grade and those enrolling in a Tennessee school, including colleges and universities, for the first time. Please call 865-215-5150 to speak with someone in our Immunization Program office.
Immunizations Program
- For more than 30 years, our Immunization Program has maintained immunization certificates and records for children in Knox County. This program monitors our county’s child vaccination rates in an effort to maintain high levels of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases. Through the combined use of birth records, the CDC’s National Immunization survey of 24-month-old babies and teens, and the statewide Immunization Registry, the Immunization Program works to ensure that all children are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.
- The Immunization Program works with the Department of Human Services to audit day care centers and Head Start programs in Knox County. In addition, the Immunization Program provides guidance, education and support to local health care providers. For example, the program guides health care providers through signing up for the Tennessee Immunization Registry as well as provides assistance in using the system. The Immunization Program is a participant in the federal Vaccines For Children Program and acts as a resource to Knox County providers who also participate in Vaccines For Children Program.
Disclaimer:
Please keep in mind that communications via email over the internet are not secure. Although it is unlikely, there is a possibility that information you include in an email can be intercepted and read by other parties besides the person to whom it is addressed. You are assuming the risks associated with sending Protected Health Information and/or Personally Identifiable Information to KCHD via email. Please follow these strategies to aid in minimizing risk of communicating via email, only send email communication across secure channels, use encrypted email, and be aware that using email may affect the security of the message. By initiating communication via email this will give Knox County Health Department permission to communicate with you via encrypted email pertaining to the matter initiated by your email.
