California Pediatric TB Risk Assessment (CDPH)

CDPH's Tuberculosis Control Branch publishes this pediatric TB risk assessment with a user guide to identify asymptomatic children who should be tested for latent TB infection. The provider checks three risk boxes, or None, and records the patient, provider and assessment date. Some school districts and child care programs that require TB screening at entry accept the completed form.

Who completes it

The child's health care provider completes the one-page assessment: patient name and date of birth, the risk factor boxes or None, and the provider's name and assessment date. The family completes nothing.

Submitting and payment

How to submit it
Keep it in the chart and give the family a copy when a school or child care program asks for TB screening documentation.

Good to know

  • The three boxes: birth, travel or residence of at least 1 month in a country with an elevated TB rate; current or planned immunosuppression; and lifetime close contact with someone with infectious TB.
  • The guide calls for the assessment for new patients, after possible new exposures and at routine well-child visits; retesting is only for new risk factors, unless the child was first tested before 3 months.
  • The guide prefers IGRA over TST for children of all ages born outside the United States, and notes a negative test is especially unreliable in infants younger than 3 to 4 months.
  • The tool does not supersede mandated testing, and children who volunteer or work in health care settings may need annual testing. The current version is dated August 2024.

Get the official form

Download the current version from the source each time; forms change without notice.

California Pediatric Tuberculosis Risk Assessment and User Guide

Fill it with Vero

If your copy of the form is a fillable PDF, upload it once and Vero Documents fills it from the visit note and the chart, ready for you to review and sign. Download, print, or email the finished form, with the patient’s consent.

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Frequently asked questions

Do California schools require the Pediatric TB Risk Assessment?

Not statewide. Some California school districts and child care programs require TB screening at entry and accept this CDPH form as documentation. The provider completes the assessment, keeps it in the chart, and gives the family a copy when the school or program asks for one.

How often should the pediatric TB risk assessment be done?

The user guide says to complete it for new patients, for children with possible new TB exposure since the last assessment, and during routine well-child visits. Repeat testing is only for children who previously tested negative and have a new risk factor, unless they were younger than 3 months when first tested.

Is there a California TB risk assessment for adults?

Yes. CDPH publishes a separate Adult TB Risk Assessment and User Guide for people over 18, which adds a box for homelessness or incarceration. Pre-K, K-12 and community college staff and volunteers use CDPH's School Employee questionnaire and Certificate of Completion instead.