Health Requirements for CA

All new students entering CA are required to have a physical examination completed by a physician AND screening for tuberculosis with either a TB skin test OR a chest x-ray within 6 months PRIOR to their first day of school. Please download the appropriate forms found on the right-hand side of this page. 

All new students entering CA are required to have  immunizations up to date  according to their age. Please download the appropriate information found on the right-hand side of this page. Copies of all vaccines received must be submitted to the health office for verification prior to the first day of school.

Students already attending CA who will be entering Grade 6 are required to have a physical examination completed by a physician and submitted to the health office prior to their first day of school.

Students already attending CA who will be entering Grade 9 are required to have a physical examination completed by a physician AND a Chest X-ray with results submitted to the health office prior to their first day of school.

The CA immunization policy was adopted using current information obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Japanese Department of Health and Welfare and various other worldwide health organizations.

Please keep in mind that many immunizations require multiple vaccines over an extended period of time. Compliance at the proper time for these vaccines is required.

Please feel free to contact the Health Office by phone (078-857-1698), fax (078) 857-5157, or email if you have any questions. 

Absence due to illness

• Students can return to school when they have been fever free (99.9^oF/37.7^oC or less) without the use of fever reducing medication for 24 hours.
• Students can return to school when they have been free of the symptoms of diarrhea or nausea/vomiting for 24 hours.
• Students must check in with CA's nurses in the Health Office when returning to school.
• If your child is diagnosed with a communicable illness, you must inform the Health Office.

Health Bulletins

Hospital Information: See below for location and specific information below.

• Kaisei Hospital
• Kobe Red Cross Hospital
• Kobe University Hospital
• Port Island Hospital
• Rokko Island Hospital

Physician and Hospital List.

Over the Counter Medications in Japan

• See here for pictures and description of over the counter medications common in Japan.