Student Admissions and Participation in Programs

Curriculum Programs – students entering healthcare programs will be required:

1. To show satisfactory written evidence to have begun or completed all hepatitis B (HB) immunizations as specified in a pre-entrance medical record review prior to admission or,
2. To show satisfactory written evidence of the applicant’s acquired immunity form HB, or
3. To show satisfactory written evidence provided from a licensed physician that the vaccination is contraindicated for medical reasons, or
4. To sign a waiver form indicating their refusal to submit to the vaccination schedule.

Students who have begun an immunization schedule must complete this schedule appropriately. Those students who reject immunizations could jeopardize their ability to fulfill clinical requirements. In such circumstances the student could be suspended from further studies until clinical privileges could be restored. Students admitted into these programs will be required to sign an immunization form(s) releasing the college from liability related to the failure to have immunizations.

Continuing Education Programs – Students who enter non-curriculum continuing education programs potential exposure to blood or other body fluids will be required to:

1. Show satisfactory written evidence to have begun or completed all HB immunizations as specified in a pre-entrance medical record review prior to admission, or
2. Show satisfactory written evidence of the applicants acquired immunity from HB, or
3. Show satisfactory written evidence provided from a licensed physician that the vaccination is contraindicated for medical reasons, or
4. To sign a waiver form indicating their refusal to submit the vaccination schedule.

These students who reject immunizations could jeopardize their ability to fulfill clinical requirements. Students participating in these programs will be required to sign an immunization form(s) releasing the college from liability related to the failure to have immunizations.