IMMUNIZATION
If you were born after December 31, 1956, Connecticut State Law (PL 03-13) requires that all full-time (degree seeking and non-degree/non-matriculating) and part-time matriculating students enrolled in post-secondary schools be protected against measles and rubella. Students must have two doses of measles vaccine to insure adequate immunization. The first must have been administered after January 1, 1969 and the second after December 31, 1979 (at least one month apart). For rubella (German measles), one dose of vaccine is considered adequate immunization for all students.
Students who have graduated from a Connecticut public or non-public high school in 1999 or after are exempt due to new legislation, but they must submit proof of high school graduation prior to registration.
The Board of Health also encourages students to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis.
last update: 10/03/2006