Question: Who should receive the Hepatitis B vaccine?

Answer: Children attending licensed childcare or pre-school, and kindergarten through grade 12 are required to have 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccine.

Full-time college and graduate students, as well as health science students attending college, are required to have 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccine.

Private employers must offer the vaccine to employees (such as health care workers) who might come in contact with blood and body fluids on the job.

Adults who have tattoos and body piercings, and who may engage in risky behavior should also receive 3 doses of the hepatitis B vaccine.