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NC Immunization Requirements and Exemptions
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 meet off campus.
- Students taking no more than four day credit hours
in on-campus courses.
- Students taking weekend classes only.
EXEMPTIONS DO NOT
APPLY FOR STUDENTS
WHO LIVE ON CAMPUS
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
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VACCINE
REQUIRED
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Diphtheria,
Tetanus, and/or
Pertussis 1 |
Polio 2 |
Measles
3 |
Mumps 4 |
Rubella
5 |
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DOSES
REQUIRED
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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/pertusses vaccine if a
tetanus/diphtheria toxoid and tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis vaccine has not
been administered in the last 10 years.
Footnote
2
- An individual attending school who has
attained his or her 18th birthday in 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 prior to July 1, 2008 is not required to receive 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 An individual 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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