Immunization Requirements
All students admitted to programs at 藏精阁 are required to submit vaccination documentation prior to arrival on campus. Students enrolled in entirely online programs are not required to submit immunization documentation.
Returning students will be required to update those immunizations that are outdated.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.
Deadlines to Submit Immunization Records
Fall enrollment: July 1st
Spring enrollment: December 1st
Students who fail to submit proper immunization documentation will automatically have a registration hold placed on their student accounts. Non-compliant students will not be able to register for courses until they meet immunization requirements, and the hold is lifted.
Required Immunizations
All admitted Xavier students (undergraduate and graduate) are required to show proof of the following immunizations:
Tetanus-diphtheria Requirement: A booster dose of vaccine given within the past ten (10) years.
Quadrivalent Meningococcal A, C, Y, W-135 Vaccine Requirement: It is mandatory for students enrolled at Xavier to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease. A Quadrivalent Meningococcal A, C, Y, W-135 vaccine (one dose at age 16 years or older).
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Requirement: Two (2) doses of live vaccine given on or after the first birthday. A history of physician-diagnosed measles, mumps or rubella (including positive titers) is acceptable for establishing immunity if properly documented. In cases where no records can be located, or especially when immunization in the past is doubtful, two doses of MMR separated by a minimum of 30 days may be indicated.
Louisiana Law
Louisiana law (R.S. 17:170 - Schools of Higher Learning) requires proof of dates of immunization against measles, mumps, rubella, and tetanus-diphtheria for all first-time Xavier 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 Quadrivalent Meningococcal A, C, Y, W-135 vaccination for persons being admitted to a postsecondary education institution.
How to Submit Your Immunization Records
Documentation of your immunization records may be faxed or emailed. Fax number is (877) 797-0813 or email address is healthservices@xula.edu.
Required Immunizations
Directions for completion of the Required Immunizations Form:
- Page 1 is required for all individuals except for online 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 it to the Center for Health and Wellness email at healthservices@xula.edu. Failure to do so will result in your registration being delayed.
Instructions for Submitting Exemptions
If a student requests an immunization exemption for any reason, the Immunization Exemption Form must be completed and signed. An exempted student may be excluded from campus and from classes in the event of an outbreak of measles, mumps, rubella, or meningitis until the outbreak is over or until the student submits proof of immunization.
Types of exemptions and requirements:
- Medical exemption
- Religious exemption
- Personal exemption
Guidance for medical exemptions for vaccination can be obtained from the contraindications and precautions described in the vaccine manufacturer’s package insert and by reviewing the most recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) available in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication, General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization: Contraindications and Precautions.
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.
New entrants, transfer students or former returning students who have been accepted to 藏精阁, 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 藏精阁 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