1. Documentation of vaccination under subsection 1 in SBHE Policy 506 means that students enrolled in a course offered for credit must provide documentation of two doses of vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella no less than 28 days apart.
   • Students not in compliance will need to complete an immunization exemption request form or begin the vaccination schedule.
   • Students are considered compliant for 28 days immediately following the first dose but must agree to receive the second dose no later than 28 days later.
   • Students with a date of birth prior to 1957 or who provide proof of a positive serologic test for measles, mumps, and rubella meet the MMR vaccination requirement.
   • Students are given one term to submit required documentation. If documentation is not received prior to the next term registration date, a hold is put on the students account until documentation of vaccination is received or the student completes the vaccination exemption form.
2. Documentation of vaccination under subsection 2 in SBHE Policy 506 means evidence of at least one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccined the covers A, C, Y, and W-135 at age 16 or older. Meningococcal serogroup B is option and does not meet the required meningococcal vacination requirement.
   • Students are given one term to submit required immuniation documentation. If documentation is not received prior to the next term registration date, a hold is put on the student's account until documentation of vaccination is received or the student completes the vaccination exemption form.
3. Valley City State University (VCSU) will track students using the university CRM system to identify students who are immunized and those who are not. The Enrollment Services office manages the immunization records.
4. Any student who has lived in or traveled to a country for more than 30 days where, according to the World Health Organization, there is a high incidence of tuburculosis (TB) TB testing must be completed before the start of the term or upon arrival in the U.S. Testing done outside of the US is not accepted.
   • Enrollment Services will contact Student Health Services either by phone or email to confirm that a newly enrolled international student will need TB testing if he/she meets these qualification. Student Health Servicse will contact the student and proceed with the screening. TB testing needs to be done prior to their first semester of classes. Documentation of the testing will be kept in the Student Health Services office. 
5. In the event of an outbreak of a communicable disesase, campus officials will determine exclusion from campus and campus activities in consultation with local public health officials until the danger of the public health risk is over.
6. VCSU Student Health Services will work with local and state public health officials to verify vaccination records.

Sponsor: VPSA

Approved: March 2017

Revised: December 2017

Revised: Spring 2022

Revised: March 2025