Immunization

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Immunization Requirements:
The North Dakota University System requires all students born after Dec. 31, 1956 to provide two proofs of immunity to rubeola (measles), rubella (German measles), and mumps prior to registration for classes. Official documentation must be submitted to the Student Health Center. Appropriate proof may be a copy of your childhood immunization records, school immunization records, documentation by your medical provider (personal physician, pediatrician or county health department) that you had the respective disease(s) or the immunization, and the dates.

If you have had a titer, we will need the official documentation of the three titers and the results of the Lab work.

If you do not have documentation of immunity to any or all of these diseases, you will be required to have either a blood test to measure your immunity (called a titer), and/or have the immunizations. The Student Health Center can administer the immunizations at no cost to the student. Since titers can be very expensive, and they may demonstrate your need to be immunized anyway, it is recommended that you simply take the immunizations. It is safe to have the immunizations even if you are already immune.

A hold will be placed on the registration process of non-compliant students attempting to register for their next term at MSU.

Exemptions:
Immunization requirements may be waived for students who have certain medical conditions, for religious reasons, or were born before 1957. Qualifying medical conditions may include pregnancy or breast feeding, diseases which lower resistance to infection, or present use of medications which lower resistance to infection. Religious exemptions include having a system of belief, practices or ethnic values which prohibit the use of immunizations. All students requesting immunization exemption are required to sign a waiver form and receive verbal and written information about the waiver. To learn more about waivers, call the Student Health Center 858-3371 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday or visit the Student Health Center website at www.minotstateu.edu/wellness/

Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR):
Entering students born after January 1, 1957 must have:

Measles:
Two documented doses of measles vaccine, or Physician documentation of measles disease, or Lab test documenting immunity to measles disease.

Mumps:
Two documented doses of mumps vaccine, or Physician documentation of mumps disease, or Lab test documenting immunity to mumps disease.

Rubella:
Two documented doses of rubella vaccine, or Physician documentation of rubella disease, or Lab test documenting immunity to rubella disease.

Tuberculosis:
All international students (except those exempt as listed on attached list) are required to have TB screening by the Student Health Center regardless of previous TB screening in their home countries prior to the start of classes.

The following countries are exempt from TB screening: American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saint Kitts, & Nevis, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America, and Virgin Islands.

For additional questions about immunization requirements, contact the Student Health Center at 858-3371.

Registration Holds:
The University can disallow you to register for the next term’s classes for a variety of reasons –e.g., failure to pay fees or to comply with a University requirement. The process of disallowing you to register for classes is called “a hold.” The specific department responsible for monitoring compliance with the policies it enforces determines whether a hold is appropriate. A student may therefore have holds placed by multiple departments if he/she is non-compliant in more than one area. Fortunately, holds can be removed quickly once you have documented that you are in compliance.

The SHC is responsible for monitoring student compliance with health policies. If you fail to provide SHC with documentation of required immunizations before the designated pre-registration period for next term’s classes, the SHC will enter a code into the People Soft System that will prevent you from registering. The computer will inform you that you have a hold placed by the SHC. Should this happen to you, call the Student Health Center at 858-3371, or come directly to the SHC to find out why we have placed the hold and what you must do to have it removed.