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Required Immunization

State Law ( G.S. 130A-155) requires that students show proof of the following shots before being allowed to enter the University:  (click here for a list of students who are exempt from this requirement)

Guidelines & Form for Completing Immunization Requirements

MSN Students click here for the Graduate School Immunization Form 

Immunization Records Request

**The following additional requirements are for Nursing Students only:

• HEPATITIS B (Three doses of vaccine or a positive Hepatitis surface antibody meets the requirement.)
• TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING (PPD required regardless of prior BCG inoculation.)
      1. PPD (Mantoux) within the past 12 months (tine or monovac not acceptable)
      2. If PPD is positive, chest X-ray required:
• VARICELLA (A positive Varicella antibody, or two doses given at least 1 month part.)

**All Students:

North Carolina statute G.S. 130A-155.1:

The statute applies to all students except the following:

1. Students registered only in off-campus courses;
2. Students attending night or weekend classes only;
3. Students taking a course load of four (4) credit hours or less and residing off campus

If at anytime the above student status changes to: on-campus courses, course load of more than four (4) credit hours, on-campus residence, and/or enrollment in day-time courses, a Certificate of Immunization or record of immunization must be presented on or before the date the person first registers for a quarter or semester. If after July 1, 1986, 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.

Footnote 1: DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis), DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis), Td (Tetanus, Diphtheria): 3 doses of tetanus/diphtheria toxoid of which one must have been within the last 10 years.

Footnote 2: Measles : Measles vaccine is not required if any of the following occur: Diagnosis of disease prior to January 1, 1994; Born prior to 1957; Enrolled in college or university for the first time before July 1, 1994; An individual who has been documented by serological testing to have a protective antibody titer against measles.

Footnote 3: Mumps: Mumps vaccine is not required if any of the following occur: Born prior to 1957; Enrolled in college or university before July 1, 1994; An individual who has been documented by serological testing to have a protective antibody titer against mumps.

 Footnote 4: Rubella: 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.

Footnote 5: Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B vaccine is not required if you were born before July 1, 1994.

Footnote 6: Polio: Only required for students 17 years of age or younger.

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