Immunization Requirements

Louisiana Law (R.S.17:170) and Xavier University requires all students entering 大菠萝福利导 to submit the required immunizations listed below.  

Returning students will be required to update those immunizations that are outdated. Please contact Center for Health and Wellness @ (504)520-7396 to confirm which immunizations you will need to update.

  • Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR): Two (2) doses of live vaccine required at least 28 days apart, 1st MMR dose must be given on or after the first birthday. If born prior to 1957, vaccine not required. Documentation of immunity by the serologic test is also acceptable.
  • Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (Td, T-dap): One (1) dose of vaccine given within the past ten (10) years.  
  • Meningococcal Meningitis (Quadrivalent vaccine A, C, Y, W-135): One (1) dose required at 16 years of age or older.  Not required for those 55yrs.or older.

Directions for completion of the Required Immunizations Form

  • Page 1 is required for all individuals with the exception of on-line students who will not be attending classes on campus.
  • Page 1 must be completed, and signed by the student’s physician/medical provider.
  • Only state computer generated printouts of previous vaccines will be accepted without a physician signature. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
  • Complete the top of the immunization form and attach the state generated printout.
  • Please have the required immunization form completed and submit to healthservices@xula.edu. Failure to do so will result in your registration being delayed.

 

Immunizations FAQs

You can contact your pediatrician’s office, your high school, your previous college, etc. and ask if they have your records. 

If you cannot obtain records, please make arrangements to receive the vaccines again OR provide serology results that show immunity.

Health cleared means you have completed and submitted the Required Immunization documents to healthservices@xula.edu.

Exception: Students enrolled in Online Programs Only are not required to meet immunization requirements.

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New entrants, transfer students or former returning students who have been accepted to 大菠萝福利导, are automatically placed on "not health cleared hold" until you satisfy the immunization requirements. Once you have submitted the “Required Immunization” documents to healthservices@xula.edu your health clearance hold will be released.

Once your documents have been received and if you are missing or need to update any of the required immunizations, an email will be sent to you indicating that you are non-compliant and what information is needed.

Acceptable documents include:

  • a document signed by a health care provider that indicates the names of vaccines and the dates you received them, OR
  • a copy of your immunization records from your previous school on the school’s letterhead
  • lab results showing your immunity.
  • State computer generated printouts of previous vaccines will be accepted without a physician signature.

Louisiana law ) requires proof of dates of immunization against measles, mumps, rubella, and tetanus-diphtheria for all first-time students born on or after January 1, 1957, and for reentering students (born on or after January 1, 1957) who have been out of school for one semester or longer. The following guidelines are presented for the purpose of meeting the established recommendations for control of vaccine-preventable diseases, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the United States Public Health Service (ACIP), and the American College Health Association (ACHA). In addition, current Louisiana legislation now mandates meningitis vaccination for persons being admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the Fall 2006 semester and thereafter.

Yes, ​Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccines are good for life, the Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td/Tdap) once every 10 years, Meningitis one (1) dose at age 16 years or older.

The State of Louisiana requires anyone attending school in Louisiana to submit this documentation in order to attend school in Louisiana. If you are unable to obtain a copy from your previous school or family physician you will have to retake some and/or provide serology results for the other required immunizations. (MMR's, Tetanus, Meningitis)

You may obtain immunization records at any time. You may email the Center for Health & Wellness @ healthservices@xula.edu or contact us @ (504)520-7396.

Students who are not immunized for medical or personal reasons must complete and submit an Immunization Exemption Form to healthservices@xula.edu or fax to: 877.797.0813

In the event of an outbreak: any student who has an exemption on file will be asked to leave the university until the outbreak is over or until they submit proof of immunization.

The University does not refund any tuition or fees to students who are unable to attend or complete classes or coursework due to exclusion from campus for lack of immunizations. Further, students who receive exemptions are required to release and hold harmless the University and its trustees, officers, agents, servants and employees from any liability incurred or sustained by the University which arises out of the University's consideration of, or ultimate decision to grant, an exemption request.

NOTE: Students who request to reside on-campus in 大菠萝福利导 main campus or any of the satellite campus residential halls must complete and submit all required immunizations before move in day.  No Exceptions

Students with medical contraindications or religious affiliation that prevents them from getting vaccinations must submit a completed Request for Medical/Nonmedical Immunization Exemption Form to healthservices@xula.edu or fax to: 877.797.0813