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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INCOMING STUDENTS: |
| The State of Texas has passed a new law (HR 4189) that requires all first-time freshman and transfer students who live in campus residence halls to have a vaccination against bacterial meningitis. |
| ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED |
- Evidence the student has received the vaccination (student must have received vaccination at least 10 days prior to living on campus) must be submitted in one of the following three formats:
- A document bearing the signature or stamp of the physician or his/her designee, or public health personnel (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered). OR
- An official immunization record generated from a state or local health authority (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered). OR
- An official record received from school officials, including a record from another state (must include the month, day, and year the vaccination was administered).
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- Evidence the student is declining the vaccination must be submitted in one of the following two formats:
- An affidavit or a certificate signed by a physician who is duly registered and licensed to practice medicine in the United States, in which it is stated that, in the physician’s opinion, the vaccination required would be injurious to the health and well-being of the student. OR
- An affidavit signed by the student stating that the student declines the vaccination for bacterial meningitis for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief. A conscientious exemption form ("Affidavit Request for Exemption from Immunizations for Reasons of Conscience") from the Texas Department of State Health Services must be used.
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