Need a Florida vaccine record for school, daycare, college, work, travel, immigration, healthcare employment, or your own files? Florida uses Florida SHOTS, the State Health Online Tracking System. This guide explains the exact official routes, when adults can request records directly, how parents get a child’s DH Form 680, and what to do when CVS, Walgreens, military, out-of-state, or old doctor records are missing.
Florida immunization records are usually obtained through Florida SHOTS, your healthcare provider, or your local county health department. For adults age 18 and older, Florida SHOTS provides an online record request route. For children and school enrollment, parents usually need a Florida Certification of Immunization, DH Form 680, completed or electronically certified by a Florida healthcare provider or county health department.
If your record is not found, the vaccine may not have been reported, may be under a different name or date of birth, may be in another state registry, or may be held by a pharmacy, provider portal, school, military clinic, or old doctor’s office.
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What Is Florida SHOTS for Immunization Records?
Florida SHOTS is Florida’s statewide immunization information system. Florida Department of Health describes it as a free, statewide, centralized online immunization registry that helps parents, healthcare providers, schools, and childcare programs keep track of immunization records.
CDC’s 2026 Florida IIS information says Florida’s IIS is called Florida SHOTS and includes immunization records for vaccine recipients of all ages. That is important for adults searching for old records, not just parents looking for school forms.
Ask your provider to print your immunization history from Florida SHOTS.
Florida schools usually require DH Form 680, not just a screenshot or handwritten list.
Adults age 18 and over may request their own records through the Florida SHOTS record request process.
How to Get Immunization Records in Florida Step by Step
Use this order because it follows Florida SHOTS’ own public guidance and avoids wasting time with the wrong office.
- Ask the healthcare provider who gave the vaccine. Florida SHOTS says most providers administering vaccinations use or are connected to Florida SHOTS. Your doctor, pediatrician, clinic, pharmacy, or health system may be able to generate an immunization history from your Florida SHOTS record.
- Ask your local county health department. If your provider is not participating in Florida SHOTS, contact your nearest Florida county health department and request immunization history assistance. This is often useful when the provider closed, moved, or cannot locate the record.
- Use the Florida SHOTS adult record request route if you are 18 or older. Florida SHOTS provides an online authorization route for adult record requests. The form notes that submitting a request does not guarantee a record will be found, and records are provided only if the request information matches a Florida SHOTS patient record.
- For a child’s school record, ask for DH Form 680. A child’s school or daycare usually needs the Florida Certification of Immunization, DH Form 680. This form must be created or completed by an authorized Florida provider or county health department.
- Check your provider portal and pharmacy account. Use MyChart, AdventHealth, Baptist Health, Cleveland Clinic Florida, HCA Florida, Tampa General, Nicklaus Children’s, CVS, Walgreens, Publix, Walmart, Costco, or another portal where the vaccine was given.
- Check other states if the vaccine was not given in Florida. Florida SHOTS may not contain vaccines given in Georgia, Alabama, New York, Puerto Rico, Texas, California, another state, or another country unless the information was entered into a Florida record later.
- Save a clean copy once you receive the record. Keep a PDF and printed copy. Label the file clearly, such as “Florida-SHOTS-Immunization-Record-Name-2026.pdf.”
Florida Adult Immunization Records: Online Request, Provider and County Options
Adults often search for vaccine records because a job, college, healthcare program, travel clinic, immigration medical exam, military process, or nursing school suddenly asks for proof. In Florida, adults should start with the provider or health system that gave the vaccine. If that does not work, use the Florida SHOTS adult request process or a county health department.
| Adult route | Best for | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare provider | Doctor, clinic, health system, or pharmacy vaccines. | Fastest if they can access Florida SHOTS or their own medical record system. |
| Florida SHOTS online request | Adults age 18 and older requesting their own record. | The request must match the patient record; it may not find incomplete or mismatched data. |
| County health department | Provider unavailable, old records, local assistance, or school-related forms. | County processes can vary, and identification may be required. |
| Previous state registry | Vaccines received before moving to Florida. | Use CDC’s IIS directory to find the correct state immunization registry. |
Florida DH Form 680: What Parents Need for School, Daycare and Camps
Florida’s school immunization document is the Florida Certification of Immunization, DH Form 680. Florida SHOTS says healthcare providers can complete and electronically certify DH Form 680 through Florida SHOTS for proof of vaccination at schools and daycare centers. Schools and daycare centers accept Florida SHOTS electronically certified DH Form 680s.
Parents cannot simply create a valid DH Form 680 on their own. Florida SHOTS explains that patients can print electronically certified copies from home only if the participating healthcare provider gives the parent the child’s State IMM Id and Certification PIN for the DH Form 680.
| Document | Used for | Who issues it |
|---|---|---|
| DH Form 680 | Florida school, daycare, childcare, camp, and attendance immunization proof. | Licensed Florida provider or county health department through Florida SHOTS or official process. |
| Electronic DH Form 680 | Downloadable/printable school proof when electronically certified. | Participating provider creates it and may provide State IMM Id plus Certification PIN. |
| Temporary medical exemption | Child is in process of completing required vaccines. | Private healthcare provider, documented on DH Form 680 with expiration date. |
| Permanent medical exemption | Child cannot be fully immunized for medical reasons. | Physician documentation is required and documented on DH Form 680. |
| DH Form 681 | Religious exemption from required immunization. | Florida county health department, not the school. |
What a Florida Immunization Record Can Include
A Florida SHOTS immunization history may show vaccine names, dose dates, provider-submitted information, series status, and school-related certification details when available. For school, the most important output is often DH Form 680. For adults, an immunization history may be enough for some uses, while other organizations may require provider-signed documentation or lab proof.
Schools, employers, and colleges usually need exact dose dates, not only vaccine names.
DH Form 680 is the key Florida school and daycare immunization document.
The record depends on what providers, pharmacies, clinics, and health departments submitted.
Why Florida SHOTS May Not Find Your Immunization Record
A missing Florida record does not automatically mean you were not vaccinated. It may mean the dose was never entered, was entered under different information, was given outside Florida, or is stored in another system.
Try legal name, maiden name, hyphenated name, old last name, or the spelling used by the provider.
A single digit error can prevent a match or create duplicate records.
Vaccines from Georgia, Alabama, New York, Puerto Rico, or another place may be in that registry.
COVID-19, flu, RSV, shingles, and travel vaccines may be easier to find in pharmacy accounts first.
Records may be with a successor clinic, health system, medical records custodian, or county health department.
Vaccines from VA, TRICARE, base clinics, or federal programs may also be in federal health records.
What to do when your Florida vaccine record is missing
- Ask the provider to search Florida SHOTS by more than one identifier. Name, date of birth, old address, old phone, and previous names may matter.
- Ask if there are duplicate records. Duplicate profiles can split vaccine history between two entries.
- Check pharmacy and hospital portals. Pharmacy records may be separate from your primary care portal.
- Use CDC’s IIS directory for other states. Contact the state where the vaccine was actually administered.
- Ask whether titers or revaccination are acceptable. This matters when childhood records are truly lost.
Florida School Immunization Records, DH 680 and Enrollment Rules
For Florida schools, the key phrase is DH Form 680. Florida Department of Education says certification of immunization is made on forms approved and provided by the Department of Health, including DH Form 680, or is on file with the immunization registry and becomes part of the student’s permanent record.
Florida SHOTS also supports schools and childcare programs by making immunization status and DH Form 680s accessible to enrolled users. This is why a Florida school may ask for a “current DH 680,” especially for kindergarten, seventh grade, new enrollment, out-of-state transfers, and daycare entry.
| School situation | Likely document | Practical action |
|---|---|---|
| Florida daycare or childcare | DH Form 680 | Ask your child’s provider or county health department for the official form. |
| Kindergarten | Current certified DH Form 680 | Do not wait until registration week; vaccine review can take time. |
| Seventh grade | Updated DH Form 680 | Ask about Tdap and any other current grade-level requirements. |
| Out-of-state transfer | Florida DH Form 680 after review | Bring old state records to a Florida provider or county health department. |
| Religious exemption | DH Form 681 | Contact the county health department; schools do not issue the religious exemption form. |
Hard Florida Immunization Record Cases: Old Doctors, Hurricanes, Military, Pharmacy and Out-of-State Shots
Your Florida doctor retired or the clinic closed
Start with Florida SHOTS through a current provider or county health department. If your record is incomplete, search for the retired doctor’s successor practice, hospital group, or medical records custodian. If the clinic was part of a large system, your vaccine history may be in that system’s portal even if the original office closed.
You were vaccinated in another state before moving to Florida
Florida SHOTS may not automatically include vaccine records from another state. Contact the immunization registry in the state where the vaccine was given, then bring the official record to a Florida provider or county health department for school-form review if needed.
You lost records after a hurricane, flood, move, fire or storage damage
Florida SHOTS can protect records that were properly entered into the registry, but paper-only records may require detective work. Check providers, pharmacies, schools, colleges, military records, previous employers, and old state registries. Save a digital PDF once recovered.
You were vaccinated by a pharmacy
Check the pharmacy app or account first. For Florida adults, vaccines such as COVID-19, flu, RSV, shingles, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and travel vaccines may be visible through CVS, Walgreens, Publix, Walmart, Costco, or another pharmacy profile.
You were vaccinated outside the United States
Bring the original foreign vaccine record to a Florida provider, school, college health office, civil surgeon, or county health department. The receiving organization may need vaccine names, exact dates, translations, and spacing review.
Titer Tests as Proof When Florida Immunization Records Are Missing
A titer test is a blood test that checks whether you have immunity to certain diseases. It can help when adult childhood vaccine records are lost, but the organization asking for proof decides whether titers are acceptable.
| Situation | Titer may help for | Before you pay |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare job | MMR, varicella, hepatitis B | Ask occupational health for the exact lab requirements. |
| Nursing or medical school | MMR, varicella, hepatitis B | Ask if positive IgG titers are accepted instead of vaccine dates. |
| Immigration medical exam | Civil surgeon-reviewed vaccine proof | Ask the civil surgeon first. |
| K-12 school | Limited cases only | Follow Florida DOH and school instructions for DH Form 680. |
Florida Digital Vaccine Records and SMART Health Cards
Florida’s main immunization record system is Florida SHOTS. Some pharmacies, hospitals, and providers may offer digital vaccine records or SMART Health Cards for certain vaccines, especially COVID-19 vaccines, but Florida’s official school and daycare process still centers on Florida SHOTS and DH Form 680.
| Digital source | Best use | Florida note |
|---|---|---|
| Florida SHOTS | Official registry record and DH Form 680 workflow. | Best starting point for Florida school and provider-held records. |
| Provider portal | Clinic and hospital records. | Useful when Florida SHOTS is incomplete or a vaccine was entered in the health system portal. |
| Pharmacy app | Adult pharmacy vaccines. | Check CVS, Walgreens, Publix, Walmart, Costco, or the pharmacy where the shot was given. |
| SMART Health Card | QR-coded verified clinical information when issued by a participating provider. | Use only if your provider or pharmacy offers it; it does not replace every Florida DH 680 school process. |
Where Florida Immunization Records Are Commonly Needed
| Use case | What they usually need | Best Florida record route |
|---|---|---|
| Daycare | Florida immunization proof. | Provider or county health department DH Form 680. |
| K-12 school | Current DH Form 680 or valid exemption. | Provider-created Florida SHOTS DH Form 680. |
| College | Campus-specific vaccine records or titers. | Florida SHOTS, provider portal, or college form. |
| Healthcare job | MMR, varicella, hepatitis B, Tdap, flu, COVID-19 or titers. | Florida SHOTS plus lab proof if needed. |
| Travel | Routine and travel vaccine dates. | Provider, pharmacy, travel clinic, and Florida SHOTS. |
| Immigration | Civil surgeon-reviewed vaccine proof. | Florida SHOTS, foreign records, pharmacy records, and titers if accepted. |
| Military or VA | Military/federal and civilian vaccine records. | Military portal plus Florida SHOTS for civilian doses. |
| Personal archive | A complete readable history. | Florida SHOTS, provider portal, pharmacy app, and paper backups. |
Official Florida Immunization Record Resources
Use official sources first. This article is an independent guide and is not part of Florida Department of Health, Florida SHOTS, CDC, any school district, pharmacy, provider, or county health department.
Official Florida SHOTS page explaining how patients and parents can request immunization records.
Open Florida SHOTS Record RequestMain Florida Department of Health immunization page.
Open Florida DOH ImmunizationsOfficial Florida SHOTS portal and public information hub.
Open Florida SHOTSFlorida SHOTS provider page explaining electronically certified DH Form 680s.
Open DH Form 680 PageFlorida DOH page explaining medical exemptions and religious exemption information.
Open Florida ExemptionsCDC immunization information system policy page for Florida SHOTS.
Open CDC Florida IISCDC directory for finding immunization records from other states.
Open CDC IIS ContactsGeneral information about verified digital health card records.
Open SMART Health CardsSource Verification for This Florida Guide
This guide was checked against Florida SHOTS record request guidance, Florida Department of Health immunization information, Florida SHOTS DH Form 680 guidance, Florida SHOTS patient and parent FAQs, Florida DOH exemption guidance, Florida Department of Education school health information, CDC’s Florida IIS policy page, and CDC’s IIS contact directory. Because vaccine record access, school rules, forms, and provider participation can change, verify final requirements with Florida SHOTS, Florida DOH, your county health department, provider, school, employer, college, or civil surgeon before submitting records.
How To Get Immunization Records Florida FAQs
Start by asking the healthcare provider that gave the vaccine. If that does not work, contact your local county health department. Adults age 18 and over can also use the Florida SHOTS adult record request process for their own immunization history.
Florida SHOTS is Florida’s State Health Online Tracking System, the statewide immunization information system used by healthcare providers, schools, childcare programs, and public health offices to manage immunization records.
Adults age 18 and older can use the Florida SHOTS online authorization route to request their own records. Submitting the form does not guarantee a record will be found; the request must match a patient record in Florida SHOTS.
Parents should contact the child’s healthcare provider or county health department. For school and daycare, the provider usually needs to issue or electronically certify DH Form 680 through the proper Florida process.
DH Form 680 is the Florida Certification of Immunization. It is the main immunization document used for Florida school, daycare, childcare, and attendance requirements.
You may be able to print an electronically certified DH Form 680 at home only if your participating healthcare provider has created it and given you the child’s State IMM Id and Certification PIN.
Common reasons include name mismatch, date of birth errors, duplicate records, vaccines not reported to Florida SHOTS, out-of-state vaccines, old paper records, pharmacy records, or military/federal records stored elsewhere.
CDC’s Florida IIS information says Florida SHOTS includes immunization records for vaccine recipients of all ages. However, older adult records may be incomplete if they were not reported or cannot be matched.
Pharmacy vaccines may appear if reported and matched correctly, but you should also check the pharmacy account or request a pharmacy vaccine history directly. This is especially useful for COVID-19, flu, RSV, shingles, and travel vaccines.
Out-of-state records may help a Florida provider or county health department review vaccine history, but Florida school enrollment usually requires the Florida Certification of Immunization, DH Form 680, or a valid exemption process.
Florida’s religious exemption is documented on DH Form 681 and is obtained through a county health department. Schools do not issue the religious exemption form.
Sometimes. Titers may help for MMR, varicella, or hepatitis B in healthcare jobs, college programs, or clinical training, but the requesting organization decides whether titers are accepted. Ask before paying for lab tests.
Ask a current provider or county health department to check Florida SHOTS. Also look for the retired doctor’s successor practice, health system, medical records custodian, pharmacy records, school records, or previous state immunization registry.
Florida SHOTS lists live support Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern, at 877-888-7468, fax 850-412-5801, and email flshots@flhealth.gov.
No. ImmunizationRecord.org is an independent informational guide. Always use Florida SHOTS, Florida DOH, CDC, your provider, county health department, school, employer, college, or civil surgeon as the final authority for official record requirements.