North Carolina state law (General Statute 130A-155.1)
requires
anyone entering college to present a certificate of immunization
that
documents their compliance with all required immunizations.
The statute applies to all college and university students, except:
- Students taking all classes 3:30pm or later.
- Students taking classes which only meet off-campus.
- Students taking no more than four day credit hours in
on-campus courses.
- Students taking weekend classes only.
If at any time, the above student status changes to: on-campus
courses,
course load of more than four credit hours, on-campus
residence, and/or
enrollment in day-time courses, a certificate
or record of immunization must be
presented on or before the
date the person first registers for a quarter or
semester. If the
exempt student transfers, interrupts study for six (6) months
or
more, or graduates, the statute is applicable upon re-entry to a
college or
university.
REQUIRED Immunizations
|
VACCINE
REQUIRED |
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and/or
Pertussis 1 |
Polio 2 |
Measles 3 |
Mumps 4 |
Rubella 5 |
|
DOSES
REQUIRED
|
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
FOOTNOTE 1
– DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis),
DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis), Td (Tetanus, Diphteria), Tdap
(Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis): 3 doses of tetanus/diphtheria toxoid of which
one must have been within the past 10 years.
Those individuals enrolling
in college or university for the first time on or after July 1, 2008 must have
had three doses of tetanus/diphtheria toxoid and a booster dose of
tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis vaccine if a tetanus/diphtheria toxoid and
tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis vaccine has not been administered with the past 10
years.
FOOTNOTE 2 –
An individual attending school who has
attained his or her 18th birthday is not required to receive polio
vaccine.
FOOTNOTE 3 –
Measles vaccines are not required if
any of the following occur: Diagnoses of disease prior to January 1, 1994; An
individual who has been documented by serological testing to have a protective
antibody titer against measles; or An individual born prior to 1957. An
individual who enrolled in college or university for the first time before July
1, 1994 is not required to have a second dose of measles vaccine.
FOOTNOTE 4
– Mumps vaccine is not required if
any of the following occur: An individual who has been documented by serological
testing to have a protective antibody titer against mumps; An individual born
prior to 1957; or Enrolled in college or university for the first time before
July 1, 1994. An individual entering college or university prior to July 1, 2008
is not required to receive a second dose of mumps vaccine.
FOOTNOTE 5 –
Rubella vaccine is not required if any
of the following occur: 50 years of age or older; Enrolled in college or
university before February 1, 1989 and after their 30th birthday; An
individual who has been documented by serological testing to have a protective
antibody titer against rubella.
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