California Immunization Records Online (2026)

What Are CAIR and the California Digital Vaccine Record?

CAIR means California Immunization Registry. It is California’s immunization information system where participating healthcare providers, clinics, pharmacies, and public health programs report vaccine doses. The California Digital Vaccine Record, often called DVR, is the public-facing way many residents can view, download, or print immunization information from CAIR.

The Digital Vaccine Record can include your name, date of birth, vaccination dates, vaccines received, and future vaccine recommendations when the information is available in CAIR. Some doses may not show if a provider has not reported them, if there is a reporting delay, or if your identity information does not match.

How To Get California Immunization Records Step by Step

Use this order. It starts with the official online route, then moves to the provider, pharmacy, county health department, and other state registries if the record is incomplete.

1. Start with the CDPH Digital Vaccine Record portal. Enter the requested identity details and contact information. If a matching CAIR record is found, you can access a digital copy.
2. Check the phone number or email used when you were vaccinated. Many record problems happen because the vaccine was recorded under an old cell phone, old email, maiden name, or a different spelling.
3. Ask the doctor, clinic, hospital system, or pharmacy that gave the vaccine. They may be able to print your vaccine history or correct missing information.
4. For school or childcare, ask what exact proof is needed. California schools may use the California School Immunization Record, commonly called the Blue Card or CDPH 286.
5. Use local public health help if the record is missing. Your county health department can often guide you when a provider closed, a child needs school proof, or old records are hard to locate.
6. Check another state if the shot was not given in California. CAIR may not show vaccines given in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Texas, New York, another state, Puerto Rico, or another country.
7. Save your record safely. Keep a PDF, a printed copy, and a backup screenshot of the QR code if one is provided. Do not post your QR code publicly.

California Digital Vaccine Record Online: How It Works

The California Digital Vaccine Record portal lets residents request a digital copy of vaccine records reported to CAIR. The record may include all vaccinations that were reported by healthcare providers and pharmacies to CAIR, not only COVID-19, when those doses are available and matched correctly.

When you use the request form, enter your name, date of birth, and the phone number or email connected to the vaccine record. Parents and guardians with more than one child tied to one phone number or email may need to submit a separate DVR request for each child.

California School Immunization Record: Blue Card / CDPH 286

The California School Immunization Record is commonly called the Blue Card, CSIR, or CDPH 286. School and childcare staff use it to record a child’s required vaccine dose information and status based on the immunization record provided by the parent or guardian.

Do not confuse the Blue Card with your personal vaccine history. A parent may show an immunization record or Digital Vaccine Record as proof, but school or childcare staff may still need to complete or maintain the official school record process.

California School and Childcare Immunization Proof

California childcare and school offices may ask parents to show a child’s immunization record as proof. CDPH’s childcare guidance says parents must show the child’s immunization record, and parents can request a child’s digital vaccine record as proof when available.

For K-12 school entry, new enrollment, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, seventh grade, childcare, preschool, or transfer situations, the school may look for dose dates and required vaccine status. Do not wait until the first day of school if your child’s record is incomplete.

CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Kaiser, Sutter, UCLA Health and Pharmacy Vaccine Records

Many California adults received flu, COVID-19, RSV, shingles, pneumonia, Tdap, hepatitis, or travel vaccines at a pharmacy, health system, county clinic, or workplace clinic. Those vaccines may show in the Digital Vaccine Record if reported and matched, but your provider portal or pharmacy account may be faster.

Check the same system where the vaccine was given. Use the exact name, birth date, phone number, and email used at the appointment. If you changed phone numbers, used a work email, or made an appointment under a family member’s account, the record can be harder to find.

Why Your California Vaccine Record May Be Missing or Wrong

A missing Digital Vaccine Record does not automatically mean you were not vaccinated. It can happen when a provider has not reported the dose, the dose was given outside California, the contact information does not match, or the record was entered under a different name.

California Local Help: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Bay Area, Sacramento and Inland Empire

California is large, and residents often search locally because school offices, county clinics, and health systems can be different from one area to another. If the Digital Vaccine Record does not work, your local health department, provider, pharmacy, school, or county clinic can help you find the next step.

California Immunization Record vs Full Medical Record

A California immunization record is not the same thing as a full medical record. A vaccine record usually lists vaccine names, dose dates, and sometimes provider or QR-code details. A full medical record can include doctor notes, diagnoses, medications, lab results, imaging, hospital visits, and treatment history.

Moved to California? How To Handle Out-of-State or Foreign Vaccine Records

If you moved to California from another state, your old vaccines may not automatically appear in CAIR. Bring the full immunization history to your California provider, school, college, employer, or local health department. The receiving office can tell you whether the old record is enough or whether you need a new form, updated dose, or additional review.

If you were vaccinated outside the United States, keep the original record and bring a translation if needed. A California school, provider, college health office, employer, or civil surgeon may need vaccine names, exact dates, dose spacing, and official documentation before accepting the record.

Titer Tests When California Vaccine Records Are Lost

A titer is a blood test that can show immunity to some diseases. It may help when adult childhood records are lost, especially for healthcare jobs, nursing school, clinical programs, or college requirements. But the school, employer, college, or civil surgeon decides whether titers are accepted.

California SMART Health Card and QR Code Records

The California Digital Vaccine Record may provide a QR code for certain records. A QR code can be convenient when an employer, school, travel program, or event wants digital proof. However, not every vaccine record problem is solved by a QR code. Missing doses, wrong contact information, and out-of-state shots may still require provider or registry help.

Official California Immunization Record Links

Use official sources first. This page is an independent guide for California residents and is not CDPH, CAIR, a county health department, a school district, a pharmacy, or a healthcare provider.

California Immunization Records FAQs